Medical Student Choices Regarding Ventilator Allocation for People With Disabilities.
Intellect Dev Disabil
; 59(6): 441-445, 2021 12 01.
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| ID: mdl-34814168
ABSTRACT
In the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns exist that ventilator triage policies may lead to discrimination against people with disabilities. This study evaluates whether preclinical medical students demonstrate bias towards people with disabilities during an educational ventilator-allocation exercise. Written student responses to a triage simulation activity were analyzed to describe ventilator priority rankings and to identify themes regarding disability. Disability status was not cited as a reason to withhold a ventilator. Key themes observed in ventilator triage decisions included life expectancy, comorbidities, and social worth. Although disability discrimination has historically been perpetuated by health care professionals, it is encouraging that preclinical medical students did not demonstrate explicit bias against people with disabilities in ventilator triage scenarios.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estudantes de Medicina
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Pessoas com Deficiência
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COVID-19
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Deficiência Intelectual
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Intellect Dev Disabil
Assunto da revista:
TRANSTORNOS MENTAIS
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article