Triage in terms of medicine and ethics

Authors

• Omur Elcioglu, Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University Eskisehir, Turkey. Tel. +90 (222) 2392979/4505. Fax.+90 (222) 2290170. E-mail: elcioglu{at}ogu.edu.tr/omurelcioglu{at}yahoo.com
• Ilhami Unluoglu, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey.

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.

Article Type

Review

First Page

1815

Last Page

1819

Recommended Citation

Elcioglu, Omur and Unluoglu, Ilhami (2004) "Triage in terms of medicine and ethics," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 25: Iss. 12, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.2704