Ethics Lessons From Seattle's Early Experience With COVID-19.

Dudzinski, Denise M; Hoisington, Benjamin Y; Brown, Crystal E

Dudzinski, Denise M; Hoisington, Benjamin Y; Brown, Crystal E.

Dudzinski DM; University of Washington School of Medicine.
Hoisington BY; Harborview Medical Center.
Brown CE; Harborview Medical Center.

Am J Bioeth ; 20(7): 67-74, 2020 07.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-603950

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Ethics consultants and critical care clinicians reflect on Seattle's early experience as the United States' first epicenter of COVID-19. We discuss ethically salient issues confronted at UW Medicine's hospitals and provide lessons for other health care institutions that may soon face what we have faced.

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Betacoronavirus; Communicable Disease Control; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology; COVID-19; Cities; Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control; Humans; Pandemics/ethics; Pandemics/prevention & control; Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control; SARS-CoV-2; Washington/epidemiology

Keywords

COVID-19; Ethics; SARS-CoV-2; distributive justice; equity; rationing

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Communicable Disease Control / Coronavirus Infections / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Observational study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: North America Language: English Journal: Am J Bioeth Journal subject: Ethics Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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