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Living through the Pandemic in New Zealand
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayIn New Zealand we have been saved from the worst devastations of Covid-19 by a firm government, courage and care for one another, and our geographic “moat.” With the recent minor surge of cases, our government has, once again, encouraged us to respond as a team of 5 million. We have been guided by the slogan “Be kind.”Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Covid-19 and Deafness: Why the Protocols Fall Short
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Black Bioethics and How the Failures of the Profession Paved the Way for Its Existence
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayIn many ways, black bioethics can be explained very simply as the exploration and interrogation of any event, ideal, technological advancement, person, or institution that directly or indirectly affects the health or well-being of black (loosely defined) individuals or the black population. Black bioethics is taking what we do in bioethics and specifically applying it to black people. But in other ways black bioethics is more than this; it is a rebellion against bioethics.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Against Personal Ventilator Reallocation
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The Americans with Disabilities Act at 30: A Cause for Celebration During Covid-19?
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayA central mandate of the ADA is to make the goods of society accessible to people with disabilities and overcome their segregation in civil society through reasonable accommodation that allows them to go to work, live with their neighbors, and avoid institutionalization. But let’s not delude ourselves with historic sentimentality as disability law is placed under tremendous stress by the pandemic.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
#WeAreEssential: Why Disabled People Should Be Appointed to Hospital Triage Committees
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayThere's a long history of conflict between the institution of medicine, bioethics, and the disability community. With Covid-19 disproportionately affecting people with disabilities, we must do everything we can to avoid a triage decision-making process that pushes disabled people to the side. One important action is to appoint people with disabilities, and especially those of color, to hospital triage committees. To our knowledge, no hospital or state crisis standards of care protocol mandates this kind of representation.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Diversity and Solidarity in Response to Covid-19
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayCovid-19 imposes burdens in different—but very serious—ways on different individuals and groups. We see it in policies that address what to do in the face of shortages of scarce resources. We begin by challenging a common claim—that people with disabilities as a group will be harmed by triage policies that consider patients’ prospect of medical benefit.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
When It Comes to Rationing, Disability Rights Law Prohibits More than Prejudice
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayThis week, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights resolved one of many civil rights complaints alleging discrimination on the basis of disability–the first instance of federal intervention to enforce civil rights laws in rationing protocols since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis. But more work is needed to protect patients with disabilities in the allocation of scarce medical resources.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
New York State Task Force on Life and the Law Ventilator Allocation Guidelines: How Our Views on Disability Evolved
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Do New York State’s Ventilator Allocation Guidelines Place Chronic Ventilator Users at Risk? Clarification Needed
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