Triage in terms of medicine and ethics
SAUDI MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.25, no.12, pp.1815-1819, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Review
- Volume: 25 Issue: 12
- Publication Date: 2004
- Journal Name: SAUDI MEDICAL JOURNAL
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1815-1819
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Human beings are exposed to countless extraordinary events provoked by the nature or by themselves. When the available resources fail to satisfy the medical needs of numerous injured people and patients in such circumstances, triage application which means "selecting, sorting" is indispensable. This paper examines the medical ethics evaluation of triage and its position in Islam.