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Priority setting of ICU resources in an influenza pandemic: a qualitative study of the Canadian public's perspectives

BACKGROUND: Pandemic influenza may exacerbate existing scarcity of life-saving medical resources. As a result, decision-makers may be faced with making tough choices about who will receive care and who will have to wait or go without. Although previous studies have explored ethical issues in priorit...

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Autores principales: Silva, Diego S, Gibson, Jennifer L, Robertson, Ann, Bensimon, Cécile M, Sahni, Sachin, Maunula, Laena, Smith, Maxwell J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22449119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-241