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. 2020 May 12;323(18):1773-1774.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.5046.

A Framework for Rationing Ventilators and Critical Care Beds During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Douglas B White¹, Bernard Lo^{2

3}

Affiliations

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¹ Program on Ethics and Decision Making in Critical Illness, The CRISMA Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² The Greenwall Foundation, New York, New York.
³ University of California, San Francisco.

PMID: 32219367
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.5046

A Framework for Rationing Ventilators and Critical Care Beds During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Douglas B White et al. JAMA. 2020.

. 2020 May 12;323(18):1773-1774.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.5046.

Authors

Douglas B White¹, Bernard Lo^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Program on Ethics and Decision Making in Critical Illness, The CRISMA Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² The Greenwall Foundation, New York, New York.
³ University of California, San Francisco.

PMID: 32219367
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.5046

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