Ethics Lessons From Seattle’s Early Experience With COVID-19
Denise M. Dudzinski, Benjamin Y. Hoisington, Crystal Brown
Abstract
Ethics consultants and critical care clinicians reflect on Seattle's early experience as the United States' first epicenter of COVID-19. We discuss ethically salient issues confronted at UW Medicine's hospitals and provide lessons for other health care institutions that may soon face what we have faced.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Salient2019-20 coronavirus outbreakFace (sociological concept)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Health carePolitical scienceSociologyMedicineLawSocial scienceVirologyOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePathologyDisaster Response and ManagementEthics in medical practiceCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation