“Bioethicists are hammering out procedures and protocols as the crisis develops in an effort to help doctors make fair and compassionate decisions. Everyone agrees that race, religion and wealth should not matter when it comes to doling out care. But what factors should matter? Should youth take priority over old age? Parents over grandparents? Single mothers over deadbeat dads?”

In the April issue of Newsweek, “Who Should Doctors Save? Inside the Debate About How to Ration Coronavirus Care,” Center Director Robert Truog weighs-in on the debate over who will get treatment for the coronavirus and who won’t.

Read the full story in Newsweek.