View. The Dutch Critical Care Triage Guideline on Covid-19: Not Necessarily Discriminatory.
Eur J Health Law
; 27(5): 495-498, 2020 Sep 21.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-934178
ABSTRACT
Recently, the Dutch Medical Doctors Association (Federatie Medisch Specialisten en de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Maatschappij tot bevordering der Geneeskunst) drafted the 'Covid-19 triage guideline ICU admission' that has age cut-offs that deprioritise or exclude the elderly. Such an age limit for intensive care unit (ICU) admission in case of a national emergency seems discriminatory, and thus, is it inappropriate to use, or not? The question is whether age in itself can be considered as an acceptable selection criterion.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Health Care Rationing
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Triage
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Guidelines as Topic
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Patient Selection
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Critical Care
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Ageism
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Eur J Health Law
Journal subject:
Jurisprudence
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Public Health
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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