Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contributions to an Ethical Approach
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Resumo: | The COVID-19 pandemic has brought dramatic worldwide consequences affecting social, economic and healthcare systems. Considering that the number of infected patients requiring admission to intensive care units far exceeded the available resources, healthcare professionals have had to face challenging decisions concerning who should benefit from the limited resources and who should not. In this context, after a careful ethical reflection, we propose some principles to be adopted when dealing with allocation resource decisions, based on core ethical values. Ideally, these strategies should be established and integrated into institutional policies before a crisis scenario, in order to anticipate a potential new public health emergency and prevent possible tragic consequences. |
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Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contributions to an Ethical ApproachAlocação de Recursos Durante a Pandemia COVID-19: Contributos para uma Abordagem ÉticaCOVID-19EthicsPandemicsResource AllocationSARS-CoV-2Alocação de RecursosCOVID-19ÉticaPandemiaSARS-CoV-2The COVID-19 pandemic has brought dramatic worldwide consequences affecting social, economic and healthcare systems. Considering that the number of infected patients requiring admission to intensive care units far exceeded the available resources, healthcare professionals have had to face challenging decisions concerning who should benefit from the limited resources and who should not. In this context, after a careful ethical reflection, we propose some principles to be adopted when dealing with allocation resource decisions, based on core ethical values. Ideally, these strategies should be established and integrated into institutional policies before a crisis scenario, in order to anticipate a potential new public health emergency and prevent possible tragic consequences.A pandemia por COVID-19 associa-se a consequências dramáticas a nível social, económico e dos sistemas de saúde. Tendo em conta que o número de pacientes críticos ultrapassa consideravelmente o número de recursos hospitalares disponíveis, os profissionais de saúde depararam-se com decisões difíceis, nomeadamente determinar quais os pacientes que deveriam beneficiar destes recursos escassos. Neste contexto, após uma cuidadosa reflexão ética, propomos alguns princípios a considerar aquando das decisões de alocação de recursos em saúde, baseados em valores éticos fundamentais. Idealmente, estas decisões devem ser estabelecidas e integradas nas políticas institucionais antes de um cenário de crise, de forma a antecipar uma potencial nova emergência de saúde pública e mitigar possíveis consequências trágicas com ela relacionadas.Ordem dos Médicos2021-06-30info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfimage/pngapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/16142oai:ojs.www.actamedicaportuguesa.com:article/16142Acta Médica Portuguesa; Vol. 34 No. 7-8 (2021): July-August; 558-561Acta Médica Portuguesa; Vol. 34 N.º 7-8 (2021): Julho-Agosto; 558-5611646-07580870-399Xreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/16142https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/16142/6353https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/16142/13357https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/16142/13377https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/16142/13479Direitos de Autor (c) 2021 Acta Médica Portuguesainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSobral, MargaridaSanta Rosa, BárbaraSilvestre, Margarida2022-12-20T11:07:45Zoai:ojs.www.actamedicaportuguesa.com:article/16142Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:20:45.075067Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contributions to an Ethical Approach Alocação de Recursos Durante a Pandemia COVID-19: Contributos para uma Abordagem Ética |
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Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contributions to an Ethical Approach |
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Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contributions to an Ethical Approach Sobral, Margarida COVID-19 Ethics Pandemics Resource Allocation SARS-CoV-2 Alocação de Recursos COVID-19 Ética Pandemia SARS-CoV-2 |
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Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contributions to an Ethical Approach |
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Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contributions to an Ethical Approach |
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Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contributions to an Ethical Approach |
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Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contributions to an Ethical Approach |
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Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contributions to an Ethical Approach |
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Sobral, Margarida |
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Sobral, Margarida Santa Rosa, Bárbara Silvestre, Margarida |
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Santa Rosa, Bárbara Silvestre, Margarida |
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Sobral, Margarida Santa Rosa, Bárbara Silvestre, Margarida |
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COVID-19 Ethics Pandemics Resource Allocation SARS-CoV-2 Alocação de Recursos COVID-19 Ética Pandemia SARS-CoV-2 |
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COVID-19 Ethics Pandemics Resource Allocation SARS-CoV-2 Alocação de Recursos COVID-19 Ética Pandemia SARS-CoV-2 |
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought dramatic worldwide consequences affecting social, economic and healthcare systems. Considering that the number of infected patients requiring admission to intensive care units far exceeded the available resources, healthcare professionals have had to face challenging decisions concerning who should benefit from the limited resources and who should not. In this context, after a careful ethical reflection, we propose some principles to be adopted when dealing with allocation resource decisions, based on core ethical values. Ideally, these strategies should be established and integrated into institutional policies before a crisis scenario, in order to anticipate a potential new public health emergency and prevent possible tragic consequences. |
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