Who should doctors prefer when the number of intensive care beds is no longer sufficient? The federal government is working on a law for such a triage, but the criticism is loud.
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Christina Berndt
When push comes to shove, for which patient do doctors go all out? Who do they help survive? And when do they decide that their skills are better invested in another patient? The question of who can hope for treatment if the intensive care units are too full and who should stand back sounds brutal. And it’s also brutally difficult to answer. After all, it’s about nothing less than the chance of life.