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Regulatory Responses to N95 Respirator Shortages
From the article: Our recent posts have highlighted shortages in three COVID-19-related knowledge goods: testing, drugs (such as those needed to put patients on ventilators), and clinical trial information…
Are stay-at-home orders ‘laws,’ as Jay Inslee said?
From the article: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who issued some of the earliest social-distancing orders of any governor to combat the spread of the coronavirus, took issue with President Donald…
Welcoming Fellow-in-Residence Mason Marks
Along with our partners at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, the Petrie-Flom Center is thrilled to announce our new jointly hosted Fellow-in-Residence, Mason Marks. Dr.…
The Ethical Care of Duty
Video hosted by Christopher Robertson on "Duty to Care," Available at Amazon.com or from dbeyda@arizona.edu law.arizona.edu/health.
Call for Applications: Petrie-Flom Center Student Fellowship 2020-2021
What do a MacArthur Genius award winner, several health law professors at top schools, executive directors of leading health law centers, an associate chief counsel of the FDA, and partners…
Injured Athletes, Sports Leaders Face Ethical Issues Amid Pandemic
[...] for bioethicists, there’s a dangerous ripple effect when high-profile, non-essential surgeries take place during a pandemic. “We have a message that we're all in it together,…
‘Medical debt is a violation of human rights’: At a Petrie-Flom event on medical debt, health experts and journalists raise serious concerns about the affordability of testing and hospital care
Medical debt “totally traumatizes people” and “discourages people from going anywhere near the health care system,” said Robert Yates, director of the Global Health Programme and…
Emergency statutes must be passed to protect doctors and hospitals from potential lawsuits, say Harvard Law professors
State governments must enact emergency immunity statutes to protect doctors and hospitals from potential lawsuits and criminal prosecution during the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard Law Professors I. Glenn Cohen ’03 and…
Truths and Lies about this Pandemic: What are the lessons for health rights and social justice?
From the article: Covid-19 is showcasing the good, the bad and the ugly of human nature and social ingenuity. What are the lessons that we as ESC rights advocates should…
Life-or-Death Hospital Decisions Come With Threat of Lawsuits
From the article: Doctors and hospitals overwhelmed in the pandemic will have to make their excruciating life-or-death decisions meticulously or they risk being second-guessed by a jury when the onslaught…