Frailty Triage: Is Rationing Intensive Medical Treatment on the Grounds of Frailty Ethical?

American Journal of Bioethics 21 (11):48-63 (2020)
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In early 2020, a number of countries developed and published intensive care triage guidelines for the pandemic. Several of those guidelines, especially in the UK, encouraged the explicit assessment...

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