Minerva Anestesiologica 2020 August;86(8):872-6

DOI: 10.23736/S0375-9393.20.14691-1

lingua: Inglese

Principled decisions and virtuous care: an ethical assessment of the SIAARTI Guidelines for allocating intensive care resources

Daniel P. SULMASY ✉

Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

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This article sets forth ethical principles for responding to extraordinary circumstances in which the demand for medical care threatens to overwhelm available resources, as in the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of these principles, the author then assesses the ethics of the SIAARTI guidelines for rationing ICU beds and ventilators under such circumstances.

KEY WORDS: Guidelines; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Intensive care units; Resource allocation

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2020 August;86(8):872-6

Principled decisions and virtuous care: an ethical assessment of the SIAARTI Guidelines for allocating intensive care resources

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