The Importance of Addressing Advance Care Planning and Decisions About Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders During Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

JAMA. 2020 May 12;323(18):1771-1772. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.4894.

Authors

J Randall Curtis^{1

2}, Erin K Kross^{1

2}, Renee D Stapleton³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
² Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle.
³ Larner College of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington.

PMID: 32219360
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.4894

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

Advance Care Planning*
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Age Factors
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Chronic Disease
Clinical Decision-Making
Consent Forms / standards
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission
Humans
Informed Consent / standards*
Medical Futility
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
Resuscitation Orders*
SARS-CoV-2
Third-Party Consent