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Ethical and organizational dilemmas related to the treatment of COVID-19 patients
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Affiliations- Wroclaw Medical University · Department of Emergency Medical Service, Parkowa Str 34, 50-365 Wroclaw, Poland
- Lazarski University, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States
- 1st Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Humanistic Sciences in Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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Keywords
ethics, COVID-19, intensive care, public health
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Ethical and organizational dilemmas related to the treatment of COVID-19 patients
Journal
Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal
Issue
Article type
Editorial
Pages
121-123
Published online
2020-09-10
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Disaster Emerg Med J 2020;5(3):121-123.
Keywords
ethics
COVID-19
intensive care
public health
Authors
Jacek Smereka
Lukasz Szarpak
Farida Gadalla
Krzysztof J. Filipiak
Jaroslaw Baranski
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