Ethical Principles to Guide Resource Allocation for Massively Bleeding Patients During Critical Blood Shortages
Date:
September 28, 2010
Time:
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Eastern
Location:
1-866-752-7690 ID 1775282
Speaker(s):
Nadine Shehata, MD, MSc, FRCPC Objectives:
1. To understand the conflict between ethical decisions and resource allocation
2. To describe the ethical principles of making decisions about resource allocation
3. To describe potential methods of incorporating ethical decisions into resource allocation decisions
References:
1. Who should receive life support during a public health emergency? Using ethical principles to improve allocation decisions. White DB, Katz MH, Luce JM, Lo B. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Jan 20;150(2):132-8.
2. Principles for allocation of scarce medical interventions. Persad G, Wertheimer A, Emanuel EJ. Lancet. 2009 Jan 31;373(9661):423-31.
