Ethical Considerations for the Cancellation of Non-Urgent Surgeries During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Suggestions for Future Health Crises
Nolan J. Brown BS1*#, *Stephen Szabadi BA2#, Cameron Quon2, Nathan A. Shlobin BA3, Brian V. Lien MS1, Shane Shahrestani MS4, Katelynn Tran BS5, Ali R. Tafreshi MS MD6, Seth C. Ransom BS7, Alexander Himstead BS1, Celina Yang BS1, Ryan C. Ransom Md PhD8, Ronald Sahyouni MD MS PhD9, Aaron Kheriaty MD10
1School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
2Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan
3Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
4Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, California
5University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
6Department of Neurological Surgery, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Danville, PA
7College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
8Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, MN
9Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
10Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California
#The authors contributed equally to the present manuscript