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19COVID-19 Pandemic Healthcare Resource Allocation, Age and FrailtyThe New Bioethics 27 (2): 127-132. 2021.The current coronavirus pandemic presents the greatest healthcare crisis in living memory. Hospitals across the world have faced unprecedented pressure. In the face of this tidal wave of demand for limited healthcare resources, how are clinicians to identify patients most likely to benefit? Should age or frailty be discriminators? This paper seeks to analyse the current evidence-base, seeking a nuanced approach to pandemic decision-making, such as admission to critical care.
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University of SheffieldResearcher
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland