Close, Eliana and Willmott, Lindy and Cockburn, Tina and Young, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8835-7164 and Cairns, Will and White, Ben P.
(2021)
Transparent triage policies during the COVID-19 pandemic: a critical part of medico-legal risk management for clinicians.
Medical Journal of Australia, 215 (2).
71-74.e1.
ISSN 0025-729X
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Abstract
This article addresses the legal status of policy documents relied on by clinicians making resource allocation decisions in the context of public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic. A lack of clear state-supported guidelines elevates risks for clinicians for the consequences of decisions that they have a professional duty to make in the interests of their community. The article argues that transparent triage policies are critical from a legal, as well as an ethical perspective.
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