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Should triage guidelines be revisited ahead of a second wave of COVID-19?

Brian Owens · June 3, 2020 ·

The first wave of COVID-19 left doctors and medical ethicists across Canada scrambling to draft guidelines for allocating limited resources should hospitals become overwhelmed during the pandemic. But some ethicists and patient advocates fear these recommendations could lead to discrimination based on age or disability if Canada sees a resurgence of cases. Read more in CMAJ.

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