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Should Age Matter? The Triage Calculus of Life-Years

COVID ventilator protocols prioritized the young using QALY math. But does maximizing life-years saved encode ageism into medicine? The bioethical reckoning.

Hyle Editorial·

Every triage protocol that maximizes 'life-years saved' is a system that systematically deprioritizes the elderly and disabled. We built those systems. We use t

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