Scarce Resource Allocation for Critically ill Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Public Health Emergency in São Paulo Brazil

CONCLUSION In times of a pandemic, some issues that were not a part of our daily thoughts emerged to demand proper reflection. We are not sure of the outcome of adopting this criterion, but it is thought to be one of the practical tools for the fair allocation of ICU beds. Certainly, questions like beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice, that are considered to be core bioethical principles, are constantly in evidence in everyday health care practice. During, an unprecedented public [...]