Are Clinicians Without PPE Morally Obligated to Care for COVID-19 Patients?
Clinicians should not be obligated to perform these heroic acts, nor should we morally blame them for their decision to refuse to provide care.
Resource Allocation
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Read more: The Ethical Allocation of Scarce Resources in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Bioethics The Ethical Allocation of Scarce Resources in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Bioethics
By Beatrice Brown Critical resources for handling the COVID-19 pandemic, including ventilators and ICU beds, are quickly becoming scarce in the US as the number and density of infections continue to rise. Leading bioethicists have crafted guidelines for the ethical rationing of these scarce resources during the pandemic. On March 16, The Hastings Center published…
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Read more: Intelligent Transparency and Patient Safety: New UK Government Patient Safety Plans Launched Intelligent Transparency and Patient Safety: New UK Government Patient Safety Plans Launched
By John Tingle One thing is clear when commentating on patient safety developments in the UK is that there is hardly ever a dull moment or a lapse of activity in patient safety policy development .Something always appears to be happening somewhere and it’s generally a very significant something. Things are happening at a pace…
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Read more: What’s Wrong with Selling Organs (and a Taxonomy of Taboo Trade/Commodification Objections) What’s Wrong with Selling Organs (and a Taxonomy of Taboo Trade/Commodification Objections)
By I. Glenn Cohen Many people – non-philosophers especially, but some philosophers as well – loosely use the term “commodification” as an objection to a “taboo trade”. By “taboo trade” I mean the sale of a good or service such as an organ, sperm, egg, surrogacy, prostitution, etc. This is unhelpful since it means that…