On 23 March 2020, the Spanish Bioethics Committee has received from the Directorate General for Disability Policies, Secretary of State for Social Rights, Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 a request for a report on the ethical implications for people with disabilities of the Recommendations recently published by the Bioethics Working Group of the Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC), under the title “Ethical Recommendations for Decision-making in the exceptional situation of crisis due to covid-19 pandemic in intensive care units”.
In response to this request, the Spanish Bioethics Committee issues this report which, in addition to dealing with the specific consultation made to it, also includes other questions and bioethical reflections directly related to the coronavirus crisis which the Committee believes it is important to convey to the consulting authority and to public opinion as a whole.
Informe del Comité de Bioética de España sobre los aspectos bioéticos de la priorización de recursos sanitarios en el contexto de la crisis del Coronavirus. Madrid, Comité de Bioética de España, 2020, 13 p.
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