Do Family Wishes Trump Verbal Advance Directive? An Ethics Case Report Amidst COVID-19

Abstract

Covid 19 pandemic brought many challenges for public and healthcare workers. Healthcare workers all around the world are at the heart of this dreadful situation. While providing critical care to Covid 19 patients, they have faced many clinical as well as ethical dilemmas. The novelty and profound uncertainty associated with the clinical course of the disease introduced a dimension to the context of ethical dilemmas faced in clinical practice.