TY - JOUR AU - Marceau, Emmanuelle AU - Masella, Marie-Alexia PY - 2022/03/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Access to Health Care and Adherence to Health Care Guidelines in a Pandemic: Two Independent Concepts JF - Canadian Journal of Bioethics / Revue canadienne de bioéthique JA - Can. J. Bioeth. VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Critical commentaries DO - 10.7202/1087212ar UR - https://www.cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/388 SP - 132-137 AB - In the United States, bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan, along with three colleagues, stated in a paper published in the PennLive Patriot-News in May 2020 that anyone with COVID-19 who has not followed public health guidelines regarding mask use or social distancing, or who is responsible for a COVID-19 outbreak, should volunteer to be treated last. They do this based on the principle of the philosopher John Stuart Mill that the expression of freedom cannot cause harm to others. While one can understand the arguments raised by Caplan and his colleagues, this position cannot be applied in the Quebec context, for philosophical (ethical) and public health reasons. ER -