Rationing Limited Healthcare Resources in the COVID‐19 Era and Beyond: Ethical Considerations Regarding Older Adults
dc.contributor.author | Farrell, Timothy W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Francis, Leslie | |
dc.contributor.author | Brown, Teneille | |
dc.contributor.author | Ferrante, Lauren E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Widera, Eric | |
dc.contributor.author | Rhodes, Ramona | |
dc.contributor.author | Rosen, Tony | |
dc.contributor.author | Hwang, Ula | |
dc.contributor.author | Witt, Leah J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Thothala, Niranjan | |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Shan W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Vitale, Caroline A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Braun, Ursula K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Stephens, Caroline | |
dc.contributor.author | Saliba, Debra | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-02T20:33:50Z | |
dc.date.available | WITHHELD_12_MONTHS | |
dc.date.available | 2020-07-02T20:33:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Farrell, Timothy W.; Francis, Leslie; Brown, Teneille; Ferrante, Lauren E.; Widera, Eric; Rhodes, Ramona; Rosen, Tony; Hwang, Ula; Witt, Leah J.; Thothala, Niranjan; Liu, Shan W.; Vitale, Caroline A.; Braun, Ursula K.; Stephens, Caroline; Saliba, Debra (2020). "Rationing Limited Healthcare Resources in the COVID‐19 Era and Beyond: Ethical Considerations Regarding Older Adults." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 68(6): 1143-1149. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0002-8614 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1532-5415 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/155955 | |
dc.publisher | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |
dc.subject.other | triage | |
dc.subject.other | ethics | |
dc.subject.other | COVID‐19 | |
dc.subject.other | rationing | |
dc.subject.other | older adult | |
dc.title | Rationing Limited Healthcare Resources in the COVID‐19 Era and Beyond: Ethical Considerations Regarding Older Adults | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Geriatrics | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/155955/1/jgs16539_am.pdf | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/155955/2/jgs16539.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jgs.16539 | |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | |
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