Ethics Roundtable: Distribution of Critical Care Resources in the Setting of a COVID-19 Surge

42 U.S.C. §6101, et seq .

Crisis Standards of Care Planning Guidance for the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Health and Human Services Department of Public Health, April 7, 2020. Accessed June 30, 2020. https://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2020/04/CSC_April-7_2020.pdf

Daniel W . Here are rules doctors can follow when they decide who gets care and who dies. The Washington Post. Accessed June 30, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/01/ration-ventilators-beds-coronavirus/

Code of Professional Conduct for Case Managers with Standards, Rules, Procedures, and Penalties. Commission for Case Manager Certification. 2015. Accessed June 30, 2020. https://ccmcertification.org/sites/default/files/docs/2017/code_of_professional_conduct.pdf

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Institute of Medicine Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations. Altevogt BM Stroud C Hanson SL , et al. eds. Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations. National Academies Press; 2009.

University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Pandemic Influenza Workgroup. Stand on guard for thee: ethics considerations in preparedness planning for pandemic influenza. Accessed July 1, 2020. http://www.jcb.utoronto.ca/people/documents/upshur_stand_guard.pdf

Hick JL Eniav S Hanfling D , et al. Surge capacity principles: care of the critically ill and injured during pandemics and disasters: CHEST consensus statement. CHEST. 2014;146:e1S–ea6S.

Who gets lifesaving care? Tennessee changes rules after federal complaint. The New York Times. June 26, 2020. Accessed June 26, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/coronavirus-rationing-tennessee.html