Accounting for Vulnerability to Illness and Social Disadvantage in Pandemic Critical Care Triage

In a pandemic situation, resources in intensive care units may be stretched to the breaking point, and critical care triage may become necessary. In such a situation, I argue that a patient's combined vulnerability to illness and social disadvantage should be a justification for giving that pat...

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Main Author: Kaposy, Chris
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Intensive Care Units
Illness
Triage
Health Care
International and Political Dimensions of Biology and Medicine
Health Care for Particular Diseases or Groups
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1040249
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Summary:In a pandemic situation, resources in intensive care units may be stretched to the breaking point, and critical care triage may become necessary. In such a situation, I argue that a patient's combined vulnerability to illness and social disadvantage should be a justification for giving that patient some priority for critical care. In this article I present an example of a critical care triage protocol that recognizes the moral relevance of vulnerability to illness and social disadvantage, from the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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