Considerations on ICU triage ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic

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¹ Médico Intensivista, Magister en Bioética, La Rioja, Spain. Electronic address: jmonzn@gmail.com.
² Profesora de Humanidades Médicas y Bioética, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV-EHU), Bilbao, Spain.

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J L Monzón Marín et al. Med Intensiva (Engl Ed). 2021 Aug-Sep.

. 2021 Aug-Sep;45(6):381-382.

doi: 10.1016/j.medine.2021.04.012. Epub 2021 May 3.

¹ Médico Intensivista, Magister en Bioética, La Rioja, Spain. Electronic address: jmonzn@gmail.com.
² Profesora de Humanidades Médicas y Bioética, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV-EHU), Bilbao, Spain.

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Rubio O, Cabré L, Estella A, Ferrer R. Rubio O, et al. Med Intensiva (Engl Ed). 2021 Aug-Sep;45(6):382. doi: 10.1016/j.medine.2021.04.011. Epub 2021 May 3. Med Intensiva (Engl Ed). 2021. PMID: 34294238 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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