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Say No to This: Unilateral Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders for Patients with COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2022

Richard E. Leiter  and
James A. Tulsky
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Abstract

In this article, we comment on Ciaffa’s article ‘The Ethics of Unilateral Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders for COVID-19 Patients.’ We summarize his argument criticizing futility and utilitarianism as the key ethical justifications for unilateral do-not-resuscitate orders for patients with COVID-19.

Keywords

COVID-19Cardiopulmonary ResuscitationDecision-MakingMedical CommunicationFutility
Type
Independent Articles: Commentary
Information
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 49 , Issue 4: First Amendment Values in Health Care , Winter 2021 , pp. 641 - 643
Copyright
© 2021 The Author(s)

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