Forced Choices: Ethical Challenges in Cardiology During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Circulation. 2020 Jul 21;142(3):194-196. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.047681. Epub 2020 May 11.

Authors

Prateeti Khazanie¹, Matthew K Wynia², Neal W Dickert³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology (P.K.), Department of Medicine, The University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
² Center for Bioethics and Humanities (M.K.W.), Department of Medicine, The University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (N.W.D.).

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; decision making; heart failure; heart transplantation; medical ethics; pandemics; resource allocation.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Attitude of Health Personnel
Betacoronavirus / pathogenicity*
COVID-19
Cardiologists / ethics
Cardiology / ethics*
Clinical Decision-Making / ethics*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Delivery of Health Care / ethics*
Heart Diseases / diagnosis
Heart Diseases / epidemiology
Heart Diseases / therapy*
Host Microbial Interactions
Humans
Pandemics
Patient Safety
Patient Selection / ethics*
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / ethics
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Triage / ethics*

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