Cargando…
An Ethics Framework for Making Resource Allocation Decisions Within Clinical Care: Responding to COVID-19
On March, 24, 2020, 818 cases of COVID-19 had been reported in New South Wales, Australia, and new cases were increasing at an exponential rate. In anticipation of resource constraints arising in clinical settings as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a working party of ten ethicists (seven clinicia...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Springer Singapore
2020
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7445717/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32840833 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-10007-w |
_version_ | 1783574035117899776 |
---|---|
author | Dawson, Angus Isaacs, David Jansen, Melanie Jordens, Christopher Kerridge, Ian Kihlbom, Ulrik Kilham, Henry Preisz, Anne Sheahan, Linda Skowronski, George |
author_facet | Dawson, Angus Isaacs, David Jansen, Melanie Jordens, Christopher Kerridge, Ian Kihlbom, Ulrik Kilham, Henry Preisz, Anne Sheahan, Linda Skowronski, George |
author_sort | Dawson, Angus |
collection | PubMed |
description | On March, 24, 2020, 818 cases of COVID-19 had been reported in New South Wales, Australia, and new cases were increasing at an exponential rate. In anticipation of resource constraints arising in clinical settings as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a working party of ten ethicists (seven clinicians and three full-time academics) was convened at the University of Sydney to draft an ethics framework to support resource allocation decisions. The framework guides decision-makers using a question-and-answer format, in language that avoids philosophical and medical technicality. The working party met five times over the following week and then submitted a draft Framework for consideration by two groups of intensivists and one group of academic ethicists. It was also presented to a panel on a national current affairs programme. The Framework was then revised on the basis of feedback from these sources and made publicly available online on April 3, ten days after the initial meeting. The framework is published here in full to stimulate ongoing discussion about rapid development of user-friendly clinical ethics resources in ongoing and future pandemics. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7445717 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2020 |
publisher | Springer Singapore |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-74457172020-08-26 An Ethics Framework for Making Resource Allocation Decisions Within Clinical Care: Responding to COVID-19 Dawson, Angus Isaacs, David Jansen, Melanie Jordens, Christopher Kerridge, Ian Kihlbom, Ulrik Kilham, Henry Preisz, Anne Sheahan, Linda Skowronski, George J Bioeth Inq Symposium: COVID-19 On March, 24, 2020, 818 cases of COVID-19 had been reported in New South Wales, Australia, and new cases were increasing at an exponential rate. In anticipation of resource constraints arising in clinical settings as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a working party of ten ethicists (seven clinicians and three full-time academics) was convened at the University of Sydney to draft an ethics framework to support resource allocation decisions. The framework guides decision-makers using a question-and-answer format, in language that avoids philosophical and medical technicality. The working party met five times over the following week and then submitted a draft Framework for consideration by two groups of intensivists and one group of academic ethicists. It was also presented to a panel on a national current affairs programme. The Framework was then revised on the basis of feedback from these sources and made publicly available online on April 3, ten days after the initial meeting. The framework is published here in full to stimulate ongoing discussion about rapid development of user-friendly clinical ethics resources in ongoing and future pandemics. Springer Singapore 2020-08-25 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7445717/ /pubmed/32840833 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-10007-w Text en © Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Pty Ltd. 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Symposium: COVID-19 Dawson, Angus Isaacs, David Jansen, Melanie Jordens, Christopher Kerridge, Ian Kihlbom, Ulrik Kilham, Henry Preisz, Anne Sheahan, Linda Skowronski, George An Ethics Framework for Making Resource Allocation Decisions Within Clinical Care: Responding to COVID-19 |
title | An Ethics Framework for Making Resource Allocation Decisions Within Clinical Care: Responding to COVID-19 |
title_full | An Ethics Framework for Making Resource Allocation Decisions Within Clinical Care: Responding to COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | An Ethics Framework for Making Resource Allocation Decisions Within Clinical Care: Responding to COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | An Ethics Framework for Making Resource Allocation Decisions Within Clinical Care: Responding to COVID-19 |
title_short | An Ethics Framework for Making Resource Allocation Decisions Within Clinical Care: Responding to COVID-19 |
title_sort | ethics framework for making resource allocation decisions within clinical care: responding to covid-19 |
topic | Symposium: COVID-19 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7445717/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32840833 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-10007-w |
work_keys_str_mv | AT dawsonangus anethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT isaacsdavid anethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT jansenmelanie anethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT jordenschristopher anethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT kerridgeian anethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT kihlbomulrik anethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT kilhamhenry anethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT preiszanne anethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT sheahanlinda anethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT skowronskigeorge anethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT dawsonangus ethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT isaacsdavid ethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT jansenmelanie ethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT jordenschristopher ethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT kerridgeian ethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT kihlbomulrik ethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT kilhamhenry ethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT preiszanne ethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT sheahanlinda ethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 AT skowronskigeorge ethicsframeworkformakingresourceallocationdecisionswithinclinicalcarerespondingtocovid19 |