Fair Coronavirus Triage Guidelines—Not Business as Usual—Will Save More Patients with Disabilities from Covid-19

Authors

Joseph Millum, National Institutes of Health
Govind C. Persad, University of DenverFollow

Publication Date

4-7-2020

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

Sturm College of Law

Keywords

COVID, Triage, Disabilities, Bioethics

Abstract

As cases of severe COVID-19 illness spike across America, it is increasingly evident that demand for vital resources, like ventilators and ICU beds, will soon outstrip supply. Some patients who desperately need potentially life-saving interventions will not get them. Life-or-death decisions will have to be made.

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Joseph Millum & Govind Persad, Opinion, Fair Coronavirus Triage Guidelines—Not Business as Usual—Will Save More Patients with Disabilities from Covid-19, Denver Post (Apr. 7, 2020), https://www.denverpost.com/2020/04/07/guest-commentary-fair-coronavirus-triage-guidelines-not-business-as-usual-will-save-more-patients-with-disabilities/.