DESCRIPTION:  Dr. Paul Root Wolpe, Director of the Center for Ethics and President of the Association of Bioethics Program Directors, and Kathy Kinlaw, Associate Director of the Center for Ethics and Chief Clinical Ethicist at Emory, discuss the unique ethical challenges of triage, ventilator allocation, DNR orders, and other difficult decisions related to treatment of COVID-19, and how hospitals locally and across the nation are handling these challenges.

TOPICS:  Infection Control Guidance:  Individual, Community; Community Support:  Health Ministries;  Specialized Ministries:  Health Ministries;  Other:  Ethical dilemmas; Resource allocation during a pandemic 

SOURCE:  Emory University

DATE AUTHORED:  4/15/2020