Master in Food Ethics and Law

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

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"Denying Ventilators to Covid-19 Patients with Prior DNR Orders is Unethical"

The Hastings Center

When deciding which patients with Covid-19 should get scarce ventilators, should hospitals consider a person’s DNR status – the previously stated wish not to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to restart the heart and breathing after cardiac arrest?