• Minerva anestesiologica · Aug 2020

    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 - sulmasyd@georgetown.edu.
    • Minerva Anestesiol. 2020 Aug 1; 86 (8): 872-876.

    AbstractThis 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.

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