The Ethics of Disaster Unpreparedness
Kevin B. O'Reilly
American Medical News
April 9, 2012
In the event of a catastrophe such as pandemic flu that results in a shortage of ventilators, hard choices will have to be made about who gets the high-tech breathing help. Ethical and legal “crisis standards of care” should be triggered by predefined indicators of disaster, yet few states have taken action to implement such a process, said the Institute of Medicine report.
Links:
Article: Most communities unprepared for disasters, American Medical News, April 9, 2011
Audio Podcast: Ethics of Caring in a Disaster, Nelda Godfrey, RN, The Bioethics Channel, November 18, 2011
You Tube interviews of presenters at Center disaster ethics symposium, December 7, 2011
American Medical News
April 9, 2012
In the event of a catastrophe such as pandemic flu that results in a shortage of ventilators, hard choices will have to be made about who gets the high-tech breathing help. Ethical and legal “crisis standards of care” should be triggered by predefined indicators of disaster, yet few states have taken action to implement such a process, said the Institute of Medicine report.
Links:
Article: Most communities unprepared for disasters, American Medical News, April 9, 2011
Audio Podcast: Ethics of Caring in a Disaster, Nelda Godfrey, RN, The Bioethics Channel, November 18, 2011
You Tube interviews of presenters at Center disaster ethics symposium, December 7, 2011
Labels: disaster ethics; medical ethics; medical futility; Center for Practical Bioethics
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