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Lifeboat Ethics Considerations in the Discharge of Inpatients for the Creation of Hospital Surge Capacity

Kraus, C., Levy, F., and Kelen, G. (2007). Lifeboat Ethics: Considerations in the Discharge of Inpatients for the Creation of Hospital Surge Capacity. (First page only.) Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 1(1): 51-56.
The authors discuss the ethics of triage with attention to the less common situation of triaging patients for discharge from the hospital to make room for incoming patients.
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