Background: Positioned at the frontlines of the battle against COVID-19 disease, nurses are
at increased risk of contraction, yet as they feel obligated to provide care, they also …

La pandemia por la COVID-19 ha suscitado problemas éticos y médico-legales, entre los
que destaca la asignación equitativa de recursos sanitarios, sobre todo en relación a la …

Killing someone directly is never morally right, but sometimes, choosing someone to save
and leaving another to die is. The moral philosophy, law, and medical ethics have all …

This study concerns what lay people believe is the best way to allocate scarce medical
resources. A sample of 515 individuals completed a short questionnaire asking them to rank …

Transplant-organs are a scarce medical resource. The uniqueness of each organ and the
patients' heterogeneous responses to the organs present a unique and challenging …

Background: High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) may help avoid intubation of hypoxemic
patients suffering from COVID-19; however, it may also contribute to delaying intubation …

To replace mechanical ventilation (MV), which represents the cornerstone therapy in severe
COVID-19 cases, high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) therapy has recently emerged as a less …

Objective: To analyze the scientific production on the decision making of health workers
during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Integrative review in the databases CINAHL …

The controversy surrounding the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), an antimalarial drug, for
COVID-19 has raised numerous ethical and policy problems. Since the suggestion that HCQ …

Abstract Background The Authors have laid out an analysis of Italian COVID-19 confirmed
data and fatality rates, pointing out how a dearth of health care resources in northern regions …