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Ep. 32 Ethics of COVID-19 Response

Bioethics on Air

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Are You Trying to Maximize the Benefits of Triage?

I think we could refine that principle of maximizing benefit just a bit and say, well we want to care for each and every person or patient who comes through the door. I think if you start to get too broad and say now it's time to care for the population you might get in a little danger there. And many of these protocols are written from a secular perspective and they don't include specifically Catholic principles or Catholic teaching. So how do you do that in a situation not only of many patients but scarce resources and then all of the confusion and sometimes the danger that comes with a disease pandemic?

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