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  • Bioethics
  • Health Economics
  • Disability Studies

Background:

  • Standard health economics models often devalue disabilities, leading to concerns about unfair healthcare resource allocation.
  • The justification for discriminating against individuals with disabilities in healthcare priority setting remains a debated ethical issue.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the normative basis of disability discrimination in healthcare resource allocation.
  • To defend the ethical justification of discriminating based on lifespan considerations over quality of life assessments for people with disabilities.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of ethical arguments concerning disability discrimination.
  • Development and defense of the 'asymmetry intuition' using the 'Reasonable Impartial Interest Argument'.

Main Results:

  • The study argues that lifespan considerations provide a more justifiable basis for discrimination in healthcare allocation than quality of life assessments.
  • The 'Reasonable Impartial Interest Argument' is presented as a robust framework for defending this 'asymmetry intuition'.

Conclusions:

  • Prioritizing healthcare resources based on lifespan, rather than perceived quality of life, may offer a more ethically defensible approach to avoid unjust discrimination against people with disabilities.
  • This ethical framework advances the discussion towards cost-effective healthcare priority setting that is equitable for all individuals.