Potential Legal Liability for Withdrawing or Withholding Ventilators During COVID-19: Assessing the Risks and Identifying Needed Reforms

This Viewpoint discusses the legal risks to health care workers and hospital systems from withdrawing or withholding ventilation from COVID-19 patients and cites a Maryland statute that offers legal immunity to clinicians making good faith decisions under emergency conditions as an example for other...

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Veröffentlicht in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2020-05, Vol.323 (19), p.1901-1902
Hauptverfasser:	Cohen, I. Glenn, Crespo, Andrew M, White, Douglas B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Betacoronavirus Coronavirus Infections - therapy Coronaviruses COVID-19 Criminal Law Health care Health Care Rationing - legislation & jurisprudence Health risks Humans Legal liability Liability Liability, Legal Malpractice - legislation & jurisprudence Mechanical ventilation Medical personnel Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral - therapy Respiration, Artificial SARS-CoV-2 State Government United States Ventilation Ventilators Withholding Treatment - legislation & jurisprudence
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Zusammenfassung:	This Viewpoint discusses the legal risks to health care workers and hospital systems from withdrawing or withholding ventilation from COVID-19 patients and cites a Maryland statute that offers legal immunity to clinicians making good faith decisions under emergency conditions as an example for other states to follow.
ISSN:	0098-7484 1538-3598
DOI:	10.1001/jama.2020.5442