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The ethics (mis)used for filling the voids or harm of harm reduction ethics

The lack of curative interventions, need for prolonged supportive intensive care, inadequate preparations of health care systems together with untimely implementation of public health measures, lead to the inevitable collapse of available health care resources and systems. The ethical issue that emerged from pandemic context is a quite unique and previously incomprehensible one: is it justified to limit (withhold or withdraw) lifesaving treatment to one person, even without their (or surrogates') consent, in order to save someone else's life?

COVID-19 ; pandemic ; resource allocation ; medical ethics

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