Medical Student Choices Regarding Ventilator Allocation for People With Disabilities.
Intellect Dev Disabil
; 59(6): 441-445, 2021 12 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1528706
ABSTRACT
In the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns exist that ventilator triage policies may lead to discrimination against people with disabilities. This study evaluates whether preclinical medical students demonstrate bias towards people with disabilities during an educational ventilator-allocation exercise. Written student responses to a triage simulation activity were analyzed to describe ventilator priority rankings and to identify themes regarding disability. Disability status was not cited as a reason to withhold a ventilator. Key themes observed in ventilator triage decisions included life expectancy, comorbidities, and social worth. Although disability discrimination has historically been perpetuated by health care professionals, it is encouraging that preclinical medical students did not demonstrate explicit bias against people with disabilities in ventilator triage scenarios.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Students, Medical
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Disabled Persons
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COVID-19
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Intellectual Disability
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Intellect Dev Disabil
Journal subject:
Mental Disorders
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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