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Transparent triage policies during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a critical part of medico‐legal risk management for clinicians
Author(s) -
Close Eliana,
Willmott Lindy,
Cockburn Tina,
Young Simon,
Cairns Will,
White Ben P
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja2.51079
Subject(s) - triage , health care , public relations , duty , medicine , political science , medical emergency , law
Clinicians, ethicists and lawyers have long debated the parameters of triage in response to the inevitable disasters that sporadically overwhelm the health care system. Almost universally, they have advocated for open, transparent and consultative triage protocols, guidelines and legislation to combat biases and to support clinicians making unavoidable decisions in the interests of the community as a whole.