Resuscitating Patient Rights during the Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Risk of Resurgent Paternalism.
Camb Q Healthc Ethics
; 30(2): 215-221, 2021 04.
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| ID: mdl-32576307
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 Pandemic a stress test for clinical medicine and medical ethics, with a confluence over questions of the proportionality of resuscitation. Drawing upon his experience as a clinical ethicist during the surge in New York City during the Spring of 2020, the author considers how attitudes regarding resuscitation have evolved since the inception of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders decades ago. Sharing a personal narrative about a DNR quandry he encountered as a medical intern, the author considers the balance of patient rights versus clinical discretion, warning about the risk of resurgent physician paternalism dressed up in the guise of a public health crisis.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ordens quanto à Conduta (Ética Médica)
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Paternalismo
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Direitos do Paciente
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article