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Ethics Guidance and Resources on Covid-19
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Ethicists as a Force for Institutional Change and Policies to Promote Equality
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayIn his recent JAMA article, Donald Berwick eloquently describes what he termed the “moral determinants of health,” by which he meant a strong sense of social solidarity in which people in the United States would “depend on each other for securing the basic circumstances of healthy lives,” reflecting a “moral law within.” Berwick’s work should serve as a call to action for bioethicists and clinical ethicists to consider what they can do to be forces of broad moral change in their institutions.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Confronting Disability Discrimination During the Pandemic
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayAs hospitals and public health authorities devise triage protocols to allocate scarce critical-care resources during the Covid-19 pandemic, people with disabilities are expressing alarm that these protocols devalue them and exacerbate long-entrenched ableism in health care. Lawsuits alleging disability discrimination in have been filed in Washington and Alabama. The U.S. Office for Civil Rights is investigating disability discrimination complaints in triage protocols. The challenge is to develop protocols that will minimize discrimination in the health care system.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Crowdfunding for Covid-Related Needs: Unfair and Inadequate
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False Hope About Coronavirus Treatments
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COVID-19 and the Global Ethics Freefall
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Coronavirus Response Is Insufficient for Vulnerable New Yorkers
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Chinese Bioethicists: Silencing Doctor Impeded Early Control of Coronavirus
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayThe death of Dr Li Wenliang from COVID-19 is heartbreaking for our country and people. Dr. Li was reprimanded for messages he posted in a chat group warning fellow doctors about a mysterious infection. His death from coronavirus underscored gaps and deficiencies in our country’s health care system and system of governance.Read the Post