Matthew Wynia
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Should Covid Vaccination Status Be Used to Make Triage Decisions?
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayAs the Covid-19 pandemic continues to strain health systems’ capacity to provide adequate care for critically ill patients, should patients’ vaccination status be considered in making triage decisions? This question sparked debate recently after the leak of an internal memo of the North Texas Mass Critical Care Guideline Task Force that proposed using patients’ Covid-19 vaccination status as a factor to assign intensive care beds.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Staying in Their Lane: Health Professionals Must Address Gun Violence
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayIn the wake of the recent Twitter fight between the National Rifle Association and U.S. physician groups over whether doctors should speak out about firearm policy issues, we argue that professionalism actually requires that doctors take a leadership role in gun policy debates, even if (in fact, espe...Read the Post
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Crisis Standards of Care: New in the Hastings Center Report
Read the PostHastings Center NewsAs Covid spreads and leaves intensive care units at or near capacity in several states, some regions have approved crisis standards of care, which involve health care rationing. The latest Hastings Center Report (September – October 2021) features a collection of pieces on the debates about cr...Read the Post - Page
New in the Hastings Center Report: Crisis Standards of Care, September-October 2021 issue
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The Hastings Center Bioethics Timeline
Read the PostPage“Bioethics” has been defined in several different ways. Most broadly, it is the interdisciplinary study of ethical, legal, and social issues arising in the life sciences and health care. Though it has roots tracing back decades or generations earlier, modern bioethics is widely held to have aris...Read the Post - Page
Ethical Challenges in the Middle Tier of Covid-19 Vaccine Allocation: Guidance for Organizational Decision-Making
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Ethics Guidance and Resources on Covid-19
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Access to Therapeutic and Palliative Drugs in the Context of Covid-19: Justice and the Relief of Suffering
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