An ethical algorithm for rationing life-sustaining treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Savulescu, Julian; Vergano, Marco; Craxì, Lucia; Wilkinson, Dominic

Savulescu, Julian; Vergano, Marco; Craxì, Lucia; Wilkinson, Dominic.

Savulescu J; Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: julian.savulescu@philosophy.ox.ac.uk.
Vergano M; Italian Society of Anesthesia Analgesia Resuscitation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI), Italy; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Craxì L; Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Wilkinson D; Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Br J Anaesth ; 125(3): 253-258, 2020 09.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-459172

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Algorithms; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections/therapy; Pneumonia, Viral/therapy; Resource Allocation; COVID-19; Coronavirus Infections/mortality; Decision Making; Humans; Pandemics; Personal Autonomy; Pneumonia, Viral/mortality; Quality of Life; SARS-CoV-2; Triage

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COVID-19; decision-making; ethics; prognosis; resource allocation; triage; utilitarianism

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Algorithms / Coronavirus Infections / Resource Allocation / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Br J Anaesth Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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