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Which factors should be included in triage? An online survey of the attitudes of the UK general public to pandemic triage dilemmas.

Dominic J C WilkinsonHazem ZohnyAndreas KappesWalter Sinnott-ArmstrongJulian Savulescu
Published in: BMJ open (2020)
Members of the UK general public potentially support a broadly utilitarian approach to ICU triage in the face of overwhelming need. Survey respondents endorsed the relevance of patient factors currently included in triage guidance, but also factors not currently included. They supported the permissibility of reallocating treatment in a pandemic.
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