Professor Harris co-authors report on bias in crisis standards of care for COVID-19 patients

Professor Jasmine E. Harris is part of a coalition of civil rights groups and legal scholars who released the new report “Examining How Crisis Standards of Care May Lead to Intersectional Medical Discrimination Against COVID-19 Patients.”

A press release about the report from the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law states: “Crisis standards of care are used to decide who should receive priority for treatment when there are not enough resources to serve everyone. ... The report provides an explanation of crisis standards of care policies implemented by states and hospital systems and how they may discriminate against marginalized individuals and communities, the principles that should apply to prevent discrimination, the relevant civil rights legal framework, and recommended strategies to ensure that crisis standards do not discriminate during the pandemic or in the future."

Jasmine E. Harris is a professor of law and Martin Luther King Jr. Hall Research Scholar at UC Davis School of Law. Professor Harris is an expert in disability law, anti-discrimination law, and evidence. She is a law and equality scholar with a particular focus on disability. Professor Harris received her J.D. from Yale Law School and her B.A. (magna cum laude) from Dartmouth College.