Intensive and pharmacological care in times of COVID-19: A “special ethics” for emergency?

Abstract Background The Authors have laid out an analysis of Italian COVID-19 confirmed data and fatality rates, pointing out how a dearth of health care resources in northern regions has resulted in hard, ethically challenging decisions in terms of granting patient access to intensive care units (I...

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Main Authors: Enrico Marinelli, Francesco Paolo Busardò, Simona Zaami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-020-00562-7