POINT: Is Considering Social Determinants of Health Ethically Permissible for Fair Allocation of Critical Care Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic? Yes

Affiliations

¹ Program on Ethics and Decision Making in Critical Illness, Pittsburgh, PA; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA. Electronic address: douglas.white@pitt.edu.
² University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA; Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA; The Greenwall Foundation, New York, NY.
³ Section of General Internal Medicine, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Editorial

Douglas B White et al. Chest. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;162(1):37-40.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.03.028.

¹ Program on Ethics and Decision Making in Critical Illness, Pittsburgh, PA; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA. Electronic address: douglas.white@pitt.edu.
² University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA; Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA; The Greenwall Foundation, New York, NY.
³ Section of General Internal Medicine, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

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Comment in

COUNTERPOINT: Is Considering Social Determinants of Health Ethically Permissible for Fair Allocation of Critical Care Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic? No.
Hick JL, Hanfling D. Hick JL, et al. Chest. 2022 Jul;162(1):40-42. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.03.029. Chest. 2022. PMID: 35809938 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Rebuttal From Drs Hick and Hanfling.
Hick JL, Hanfling D. Hick JL, et al. Chest. 2022 Jul;162(1):42-43. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.03.030. Chest. 2022. PMID: 35809939 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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