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Mon Apr 20

Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line

Written by Deborah Hellman, Professor of Law, University of Virginia

With a large number of patients with COVID-19, doctors face difficult choices.John Moore/Getty Images

As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies.

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Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line

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