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Prioritizing Frontline Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nancy S. Jecker, Aaron Wightman, Douglas S. Diekema

2020The American Journal of Bioethics43 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

COVID-19 has sickened more than one million people and outpaced the capacity of hospitals around the world to meet demand for vital medical resources, such as ventilators, intensive care unit (ICU)...

Topics & Concepts

PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Intensive care unitMedicineMedical emergencyVirologyIntensive care medicineOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePathologyDisaster Response and ManagementDisaster Management and ResiliencePosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research