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ToolsLloyd-Sherlock, Peter, Guntupalli, Aravinda and Sempé, Lucas (2022) Age discrimination, the right to life and COVID-19 vaccination in countries with limited resources. Journal of Social Issues, 78 (4). pp. 883-899. ISSN 1540-4560
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Abstract
This paper seeks to develop and apply a simple yardstick based on remaining life expectancy to assess whether specific health policies unfairly discriminate against people on the basis of their age. This reveals that the COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation policies of several countries have discriminated against older people. Conversely, the exclusion of older people from COVID-19 vaccine testing is shown to be non-discriminatory, as is some degree of age prioritisation for limited acute COVID-19 care. Age discrimination in vaccine prioritisation is shown to be embedded in wider ageist attitudes in health policy, which give the lives of older people a lower social value than the lives of people at younger ages.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | social sciences(all),sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Health and Disease |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2022 10:32 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jan 2023 09:34 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/88630 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/josi.12561 |
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