Resuscitating Patient Rights during the Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Risk of Resurgent Paternalism

The COVID-19 Pandemic a stress test for clinical medicine and medical ethics, with a confluence over questions of the proportionality of resuscitation. Drawing upon his experience as a clinical ethicist during the surge in New York City during the Spring of 2020, the author considers how attitudes r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: FINS, JOSEPH J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7438624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32576307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0963180120000535
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Sumario:The COVID-19 Pandemic a stress test for clinical medicine and medical ethics, with a confluence over questions of the proportionality of resuscitation. Drawing upon his experience as a clinical ethicist during the surge in New York City during the Spring of 2020, the author considers how attitudes regarding resuscitation have evolved since the inception of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders decades ago. Sharing a personal narrative about a DNR quandry he encountered as a medical intern, the author considers the balance of patient rights versus clinical discretion, warning about the risk of resurgent physician paternalism dressed up in the guise of a public health crisis.

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