Clinical Ethics

Last Updated 08/04/2020

Op-Eds and Blog Posts

• Julian Savulescu, “Good Reasons to Vaccinate: COVID19 Vaccine, Mandatory or Payment Model?” Practical Ethics Blog, July 28, 2020.
• Sahanika Ratnayake, “It’s Not Catastrophizing if it’s a Catastrophe: Lessons from the Pandemic for Psychotherapy,” Journal of Medical Ethics Blog, July 20, 2020.
• Sarah Li, “Using the Pandemic as an Excuse to Limit Abortion,” Bioethics Forum, July 6, 2020.
• Melanie Smith, Julia Vermylen, and Joshua Hauser, “‘You Can See Your Loved One Now.’ Can Visitor Restrictions During Covid Unduly Influence End-of-Life Decisions?” Bioethics Forum, June 18, 2020.
• Samantha W. Stein and Justin T. Clapp, “Death During COVID-19: Redefining Terminal Illness,” Journal of Medical Ethics Blog, June 8, 2020.
• Ayesha Ahmad, “A Crisis in Care: Pandemics and Patients in Care Homes,” Journal of Medical Ethics Blog, June 3, 2020.
• Martha Paynter and Françoise Baylis, “What Counts as Adequate Access to Abortion Care in a Pandemic? A Perspective from Canada,” IJFAB Blog, May 29, 2020.
• Marc DuBois et al., “COVID-19 in Humanitarian Settings: Addressing Ethics to Reduce Moral Distress,” The BMJ Opinion, May 28, 2020.
• Isabel C. Legarda and Samara Peters, “Clinicians Have a Moral Duty to Care for All Patients – Including Lockdown Protesters,” Bioethics Forum, May 28, 2020.
• Stephen P. Wood, “COVID-19 Underscores Racial Disparities in Advance Directives,” Bioethics Forum, May 26, 2020.
• Jing Wan et al., “A Novel Approach Using Social Media to Solve Medical Ethical Dilemmas and Legal Risks in the Emergencies of COVID-19,” Bioethics.net, May 21, 2020.
• Thomas Douglas, Jonathan Pugh, and Lisa Forsberg, “Would Compulsory Vaccination and Treatment for COVID-19 be Justified?” Journal of Medical Ethics Blog, May 12, 2020.
• Stowe Locke Teti et al., “Should New Mothers With COVID-19 Be Separated From Their Newborns?” Bioethics Forum, May 11, 2020.
• Jodi Halpern and Douglas J. Opel, “Sustaining Clinical Empathy During the Pandemic,” Bioethics Forum, May 7, 2020.
• Michael Dunn, Ann Gallagher, and Nipa Chauhan, “What Does Good Care Look Like in a Pandemic? A Statement of Principles for Residential Care Settings,” Journal of Medical Ethics Blog, May 6, 2020.
• Valerie Gutmann Koch, “How States are Protecting Health Care Providers from Legal Liability in the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Petrie-Flom Blog, May 5, 2020.
• Valerie Gutmann Koch and Susie A. Han, “Denying Ventilators to COVID-19 Patients with Prior DNR Orders is Unethical,” Bioethics Forum, April 21, 2020.
• Martha Paynter and Françoise Baylis, “COVID-19 Reaffirms that Abortion is an Essential Service,” Healthy Debate, April 14, 2020.
• Anne Slowther and Sara Mitchell, “COVID-19: In Focusing on Intensive Care We Must Not Lose Sight of the Wider Professional Duty to Care for All Patients,” Journal of Medical Ethics Blog, April 3, 2020.
• Royal College of General Practitioners, COVID-19 RCGP Ethical Principles and Frequently Asked Questions, updated April 3, 2020.

Academic Articles

• Jordan Potter et al., “To Procure or Not to Procure: Hospitals Face Significant Ethical Dilemmas Regarding Organ Donation During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” The American Journal of Bioethics, July 27, 2020.
• Anveet S. Janwadkar and Trevor M. Bibler, “Ethical Challenges in Advance Care Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” The American Journal of Bioethics, July 27, 2020.
• Maya Sabatello, Scott D. Landes, and Katherine E. McDonald, “People with Disabilities in COVID-19: Fixing Our Priorities,” The American Journal of Bioethics, July 27, 2020.
• Jeremy R. Garrett and Leslie Ann McNolty, “More than Warm Fuzzy Feelings: The Imperative of Institutional Morale in Hospital Pandemic Responses,” The American Journal of Bioethics, July 27, 2020.
• Mark J. Russ, Dominic Sisti, and Philip J. Wilner, “When Patients Refuse COVID-19 Testing, Quarantine, and Social Distancing in Inpatient Psychiatry: Clinical and Ethical Challenges,” Journal of Medical Ethics, July 10, 2020.
• Daniel B. Kramer, Bernard Lo, and Neal W. Dickert, “CPR in the COVID-19 Era – An Ethical Framework,” The New England Journal of Medicine, July 9, 2020.
• Yves S. J. Aquino and Nicolo Cabrera, “Hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19: Critiquing the Impact of Disease Public Profile on Policy and Clinical Decision-Making,” Journal of Medical Ethics, July 9, 2020.
• Marielle S. Gross et al., “Rethinking ‘Elective’ Procedures for Women’s Reproduction during COVID-19,” Hastings Center Report, June 29, 2020.
• M.R. Rajagopal, “To Comfort Always: Are We Ignoring this Duty in COVID Protocols?” Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, June 30, 2020.
• Jonathan Reisman and Anna Wexler, “COVID-19: Exposing the Lack of Evidence-Based Practice in Medicine,” Hastings Center Report, June 29, 2020.
• Stephen R. Latham, “Avoiding Ineffective End-of-Life Care: A Lesson from Triage?” Hastings Center Report, June 29, 2020.
• Rachel C. Conrad et al., “Duties Toward Patients with Psychiatric Illness,” Hastings Center Report, June 29, 2020.
• Tia Powell, Eran Bellin, and Amy R. Ehrlich, “Older Adults and COVID-19: The Most Vulnerable, the Hardest Hit,” Hastings Center Report, June 29, 2020.
• Alan Elbaum, “Black Lives in a Pandemic: Implications of Systemic Injustice for End-of-Life Care,” Hastings Center Report, June 29, 2020.
• Michelle M. Mello, Ross D. Silverman, and Saad B. Omer, “Ensuring Uptake of Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2,” The New England Journal of Medicine, June 26, 2020.
• Keona Jeane Wynne, Mila Petrova, and Rachel Coghlan, “Dying Individuals and Suffering Populations: Applying a Population-level Bioethics Lens to Palliative Care in Humanitarian Contexts: Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Journal of Medical Ethics, June 19, 2020.
• Jack Macleod, Sermed Mezher, and Ragheb Hasan, “Surgery during COVID-19 Crisis Conditions: Can We Protect our Ethical Integrity Against the Odds?” Journal of Medical Ethics, June 12, 2020.
• Helen Lynee Turnham et al., “Consent in the Time of COVID-19,” Journal of Medical Ethics, June 10, 2020.
• David Ian Jeffrey, “Relational Ethical Approaches to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Journal of Medical Ethics, June 10, 2020.
• Chetanya Malik, Timothy Laux, and Yogesh Jain, “Clinical Ethics during COVID-19: Plan for the Whole Health Ecosystem,” Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, June 3, 2020.
• Lorcan O’Byrne, Blánaid Gavin, and Fiona McNicholas, “Medical Students and COVID-19: The Need for Pandemic Preparedness,” Journal of Medical Ethics, June 3, 2020.
• Doriane Lambelet Coleman and Philip M. Rosoff, “The Enhanced Danger of Physicians’ Off-Label Prescribing During a Public Health Emergency,” Journal of Law and the Biosciences, May 27, 2020.
• Elizabeth Chloe Romanis, Jordan Parsons, and Nathan Hodson, “COVID-19 and Reproductive Justice in Great Britain and the United States: Ensuring Access to Abortion Care During a Global Pandemic,” Journal of Law and the Biosciences, May 18, 2020.
• Georgina Morley et al., “COVID-19: Ethical Challenges for Nurses,” The Hastings Center Report, May 14, 2020.
• Cheryl Erwin et al., “Rural and Remote Communities: Unique Ethical Issues in the COVID-19 Pandemic,” The American Journal of Bioethics, May 14, 2020.
• Andrew Peterson, Emily A. Largent, and Jason Karlawish, “Ethics of Reallocating Ventilators in the COVID-19 Pandemic,” BMJ, May 12, 2020.
• Dorit R. Reiss and Arthur L. Caplan, “Considerations in Mandating a New COVID-19 Vaccine in the USA for Children and Adults,” Journal of Law and the Biosciences, May 8, 2020.
• Ashlee Beazley, “Contagion, Containment, Consent: Infectious Disease Pandemics and the Ethics, Rights, and Legality of State-Enforced Vaccination,” Journal of Law and the Biosciences, May 7, 2020.
• Margaret Bove, “The United States Should Consider Compulsory SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations,” Voices in Bioethics, May 4, 2020.
• Sarah Messina, “COVID-19 Shortages: Clear Guidelines and Advanced Directives Could Ease Allocation Decision,” Voices in Bioethics, April 26, 2020.
• Alexandra M. Dunham et al., “A Bioethical Perspective for Navigating Moral Dilemmas Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, April 10, 2020.
• J. Ives and R. Huxtable, “Surgical Ethics During a Pandemic: Moving into the Unknown?” British Journal of Surgery, March 30, 2020.