Rationing of resources: Ethical issues in disasters and epidemic situations

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-221

  Lin, Janet Y ^a   Anderson Shaw, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

allocation; decision making; epidemic; ethics; mechanical ventilation; medical resources; triage

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RELIEF WORK; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957314320     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X0000683X     Document Type: Article

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