Radiotherapy (RT) is essential to effectively treat the most common cancers in low resource settings, yet there is a severe shortage of RT worldwide. Fair, principled systems for explicit rationing of this scarce but critical resource are needed. At Butaro Hospital in Rwanda, an oncology program supported by international partners is able to refer ten patients per month for RT. This project will develop an ethical approach to RT allocation at Butaro that can be applied broadly to other settings.
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An Ethical Approach to Routine Tragic Choices: Radiotherapy Allocation in Rwanda
Rebecca DeBoer, MD, MA
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Grant Type
Making a Difference
Grant Cycle
spring 2018
Duration
2 years
Amount
$181,960
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Rebecca DeBoer et al., Applying lessons learned from low-resource settings to prioritize cancer care in a pandemic, JAMA Oncology, Aug 2020.
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