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Admission criteria and management of critical care patients in a pandemic context: position of the Ethics Commission of the French Intensive Care Society, update of April 2021
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Annals of Intensive Care. April 26, 2021, Vol. 11 Issue 1
Subject
France
Language
English
Abstract
Intensive care unit professionals have experience in critical care and its proportionality, collegial decision-making, withholding or withdrawal of treatment deemed futile, and communication with patients' relatives. These elements rely on ethical values from which we must not deviate in a pandemic situation. The recommendations made by the Ethics Commission of the French Intensive Care Society reflect an approach of responsibility and solidarity towards our citizens regarding the potential impact of a pandemic on critical care resources in France, with the fundamental requirement of respect for human dignity and equal access to health care for all.
Author(s): Olivier Lesieur [sup.1], Jean Pierre Quenot [sup.2], Zoé Cohen-Solal [sup.3], Raphaëlle David [sup.4], Laure De Saint Blanquat [sup.5], Maxime Elbaz [sup.6], Bénédicte Gaillard Le Roux [sup.7], Cyril Goulenok [sup.8], [...]