Source(s) | Secretariat of the Bioethics Commission, Vienna; Austrian Society for Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care | Belgian Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine and the Belgian Resuscitation Council; Ethical Committee Care UZ Leuven | Azoulay et al
44; Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique | German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine | WHO Regional Office for Europe | Department of Health | Italian Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care |
Date of publication
| 31 March 2020; 17 March 2020 | 22 March 2020; 17 March 2020 | 5 June 2020; 13 March 2020 | 17 April 2020 | August 2017* | 27 March 2020 | 16 March 2020 |
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Short-term prognosis, life expectancy and functional status ‘Clinical suitability’ (COVID-19 severity, comorbidities)
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Disability
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Equity
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Consider the will of the individual Transparency in documenting decision making Involve local ethics advisory service
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Consider the will of the individual Transparency in documenting decision making Triage informed by expert team
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Consider the will of the individual Transparency in documenting decision making Recommends strategies to reduce stigmatisation of groups facing social inequalities Involve local ethics advisory service
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Consider the will of the individual Transparency to patients in decision making Involve local ethics advisory service
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Consider the will of the individual Transparency to patients and in documenting decision making Involve stakeholders in preparedness planning
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Consider the will of the individual Transparency to patients in decision making Second opinion useful for difficult cases Flexible/eligible for local adaptation
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Luxembourg
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The Netherlands
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Poland
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Portugal
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Spain
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Switzerland
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UK
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Source
| Commission Nationale d’Éthique | Royal Dutch Medical Association | Polish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy | National Council of Ethics for the Life Sciences | Spanish Society of Intensive Critical Medicine and Coronary Units | Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; British Medical Association; Royal College of Physicians |
Date of publication
| 31 March 2020 | 16 June 2020 | October 2012* | 3 April 2020 | 21 March 2020 | 24 March 2020 | 29 April 2020; April 2020; 2 April 2020 |
Frailty
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Short-term prognosis and perceived benefit of intensive care Chronic, severe, end-of-life comorbid illness
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Short-term prognosis with clinical frailty score (comorbidities, benefit vs risk, quality of life) but should not be used for younger people, those with stable/chronic disabilities, autism/ID
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Disability
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Creating capacity for care in neurodevelopmental/residential care settings Should not consider ‘mental/physical limitation’, or prior quality of life
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‘Special attention’ to vulnerable groups Avoid inequalities in access to diagnostics/treatments (eg, for those with chronic conditions)
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Duty to not disadvantage one group disproportionately (eg, disability) Caution indirect discrimination, for example, ‘first come first served’/‘capacity to benefit quickly’ may disadvantage those with disabilities
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Equity
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No exclusion based on non-medical criteria Value of each individual recognised as absolute All patients treated fairly and equally
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Other
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Consider the will of the individual Transparency to patients and in documenting decision making Involve local ethics advisory service
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Transparency to patients and in documenting decision making ‘The right care in the right place’ (eg, consider home treatment) Triage informed by expert team
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Transparency to patients and the public in decision making Remove decision making responsibility from individual care providers Case-by-case decision making
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Consider the will of the individual Transparency to patients and in documenting decision making Involve local ethics advisory service Exclude those who need resources that cannot be provided
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Consider the will of the individual Transparency in documenting decision making Triage informed by expert team
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Consider the will of the individual Transparency to patients and in documenting decision making Involve local ethics advisory service Flexibility in adaptable circumstances
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