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cord-269467-8opv4t7p	Caraccio, Chiara	No protocol and no liability: a call for COVID crisis guidelines that protect vulnerable populations	2020-07-24		.txt	text/plain	3320	168	45	The mortality rates of vulnerable and minority populations alone suggest a need to re-evaluate clinical decision making protocols, especially given the recently passed Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act, which grants healthcare institutions full immunity from liability stemming from resource allocation/triage decisions. Disability Rights New York, an advocacy group for persons with disabilities in New York State, has previously filed a complaint against the New York Department of Health for its 2015 ventilator triage policy, which failed to specify that allocation decisions ought exclude disability. The Act grants healthcare workers, including physicians, administrators and hospital managers, immunity from criminal and civil liability for harms and damages resulting from the COVID-19 crisis. Crisis standards of patient care guidance with an emphasis on pandemic influenza: triage and ventilator allocation guideline Crisis standards of care: guidance for the ethical allocation of scarce resources during a community-wide public health emergency	./cache/cord-269467-8opv4t7p.txt	./txt/cord-269467-8opv4t7p.txt