What is common and what is different: recommendations from European scientific societies for triage in the first outbreak of COVID-19

Joana Teles Sarmento; Cristina Lírio Pedrosa; Ana Sofia Carvalho

doi:10.1136/medethics-2020-106969

What is common and what is different: recommendations from European scientific societies for triage in the first outbreak of COVID-19

Joana Teles Sarmento^*, Cristina Lírio Pedrosa, Ana Sofia Carvalho

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Abstract

A public health emergency, as the COVID-19 pandemic, may lead to shortages of potentially life-saving treatments. In this situation, it is necessary, justifiable and proportionate to have decision tools in place to enable healthcare professionals to triage and prioritise access to those resources. An ethically sound framework should consider the principles of beneficence and fair allocation. Scientific Societies across Europe were concerned with this problem early in the pandemic and published guidelines to support their professionals and institutions. This article aims to compare triage policies from medical bodies across Europe, to characterise the process of triage and the ethical values, principles and theories that were proposed in different countries during the first outbreak of COVID-19.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	472-478
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Medical Ethics
Volume	48
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-106969
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2022

Keywords

Allocation of health care resources
Distributive justice
Ethics

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