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cord-281711-whr4pfx9	Joebges, Susanne	Ethics guidelines on COVID-19 triage—an emerging international consensus	2020-05-06		.txt	text/plain	1385	87	54	Whereas some countries have been exposed very early [3] , others had the opportunity to prepare for the ethical challenges that emerge when intensive care resources become scarce. Whereas some guidelines (CH, A) refer to shortterm survival only as a key triaging criterion, others either do not specify survival (UK, BE) or explicitly allow for the possibility that long-term prognosis (G) or a reduced lifespan, due to old age or to comorbidities, could affect a patient's access to a ventilator (I). Respect for the patient's will, fair distribution, and maximization of benefits based on chance of survival are at the heart of the recently issued triaging guidelines. The allocation of scarce resources has been debated within medical ethics for a long time, and procedural criteria have been defined. Fair allocation of scarce medical resources in the time of Covid-19 Clinical ethics recommendation for the allocation of intensive care treatments, in exceptional COVID-19 pandemic: triage for intensive-care treatment under resource scarcity	./cache/cord-281711-whr4pfx9.txt	./txt/cord-281711-whr4pfx9.txt