COVID-19 Resources from the Chicago Bioethics Coalition
Chicago Bioethics Coalition
We are a multidisciplinary, inter-institutional group of people thinking about the bioethical issues that impact healthcare. We hope you will find the resources below helpful.
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COVID-19 Bioethics Resources
- Ethical Framework for Health Care Institutions and Guidelines for Institutional Ethics Services Responding to the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
The Hastings Center - Ethics Resources on the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Hastings Center - Disabusing the Disability Critique of the New York State Task Force Report on Ventilator Allocation
The Hastings Center - COVID-19 Ethics Resource Center
AMA Journal of Ethics - Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19
New England Journal of Medicine - CAPC COVID-19 Response Resources (includes scripts and example videos for discussing ventilator withdrawal, receiving care at home, and more)
Center for Advancing Palliative Care, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Pandemics Ethics Literature
Google Drive repository set up by Thomas Cunningham, Bioethics Director, KP West Los Angeles - COVID-19 coronavirus puts medical ethics to real-world test
Crain’s Chicago Business - Bioethics Toolkit Resources for COVID-19
Bioethics.net - All COVID-19 posts on Bioethics.net
Vaccine Resources
- COVID-19 Vaccination Program Operational Guidance
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Fair allocation of scarce medical resources in the time of Covid-19
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Govind Persad, Ross Upshur, Beatriz Thome, Michael Parker, Aaron Glickman, Cathy Zhang, Connor Boyle, Maxwell Smith, and James P. Phillips in NEJM - Interim Framework for COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation and Distribution in the United States
Eric Toner, Anne Barnill, Carleigh Krubiner, et al. for the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security - Fair allocation of vaccines, ventilators and antiviral treatments: leaving no ethical value behind in health care rationing
Parag A. Pathak, Tayfun Sönmez, M. Utku Ünver, M. Bumin Yenmez in Theoretical Economics - Vaccine Rationing and the Urgency of Social Justice in the Covid‐19 Response
Harald Schmidt in the Hastings Center Report - WHO SAGE values framework for the allocation and prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination
World Health Organization - Framework for equitable allocation of Covid-19 vaccine
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - Covid-19: How to prioritize worse-off populations in allocating safe and effective vaccines
Harald Schmidt, Parag Pathak, Tayfun Sönmez, and M Utku Ünver in BMJ - Is It Lawful and Ethical to Prioritize Racial Minorities for COVID-19 Vaccines?
Harald Schmidt, Lawrence O. Gostin, Michelle A. Williams in JAMA - Scientific and Ethical Principles Underlying Recommendations From the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for COVID-19 Vaccination Implementation
Beth P. Bell, José R. Romero, and Grace M. Lee in JAMA - What prioritizing worse-off minority groups for COVID-19 vaccines means quantitatively: practical, legal and ethical implications
Harald Schmidt, M. Utku Ünver, Michelle A. Williams, Parag A. Pathak, Tayfun Sönmez, and Lawrence O. Gostin - Rationing Safe and Effective COVID-19 Vaccines: Allocating to States Proportionate to Population May Undermine Commitments to Mitigating Health Disparities
Harald Schmidt, Parag A. Pathak, Michelle A. Williams, Tayfun Sönmez, M. Utku Ünver, and Lawrence O. Gostin
Related Publications and Interviews by Members
- Universities Must Require COVID-19 Vaccine for Return to School
Craig Klugman and Laurie Zoloth in U.S. News & World Report (4/29/21) - Opinion: Extending the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause for a week was a deadly mistake
Govind Persad and William F. Parker in the Washington Post (4/17/21) - Taming the 4th COVID surge: Delay second shots and get first vaccine doses into arms ASAP
Govind Persad, William F. Parker, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel in USA Today (4/8/21) - “Vaccine passports” spark debate and division
Craig Klugman interviewed by Adriana Diaz for CBS News (4/8/21) - As new COVID-19 surge hits, Illinois hospitals must coordinate resources
Angira Patel, Craig Klugman, William Parker, and Gina Piscitello in The Chicago Tribune (10/28/20) - Immunity Passports For Those Who Recover From COVID-19? Bioethicists Have Serious Doubts
Kelly Michelson interviewed by Megan Hickey for CBS News (5/27/20) - Abortion during the Covid-19 Pandemic — Ensuring Access to an Essential Health Service
Katie L. Watson, with Michelle J. Bayefsky and Deborah Bartz in NEJM (4/9/20) - The Ethics of COVID-19: Some Initial Reflections
Nanette Elster, Kelly Michelson, and Kayhan Parsi, with Alex Kon for Loyola Bioethics Live! webinar (4/6/20) - If it comes to rationing, I shouldn’t have to be the one deciding who should live and who should die
Kelly Michelson in STAT (4/2/20) - The ethics of prescribing during a pandemic
Nanette Elster on MedPage Today's KevinMD.com (4/2/20) - Looking out for kids: hidden challenges from COVID-19 crisis
Dalia Feltman in The Journal Star (Peoria) (4/2/20) - Letters: Health care professionals are working hard to make informed choices during this crisis
Dalia Feltman, Craig Klugman, Erin Paquette, Angira Patel, and Rupali Gandhi in The Chicago Tribune (3/31/20) - ‘Moral profiteers’ crusade to close abortion clinics during pandemic
Katie Watson in The Chicago Tribune (3/27/20) - What if Two COVID-19 Victims Need Ventilators and Just One Is Available?”
Rupali Gandhi and Angira Patel in Scientific American (3/16/20) - Social distancing puts most vulnerable for health disparities at risk
Erin Paquette in The Hill (3/16/20) - Coping with Coronavirus Anxiety
Catherine Belling, guest on Radio Times from PBS NHYY Philadelphia with Ezekiel Emanuel and Jane Shure (3/12/20) - How to deal with fear of novel coronavirus in the face of the unknown
Catherine Belling quoted by Eden David on ABC News (3/5/20)
Wellness Resources
- COVID-19: Supporting Ethical Care and Responding to Moral Distress in a Public Health Emergency
The Hastings Center - Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19
US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) - Coronavirus & Mental Health: Taking Care of Ourselves During Infectious Disease Outbreaks
American Psychiatric Association (APA) - Coronavirus and Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks Response
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress - Caring for Yourself and Caring for Others During a Disaster/Epidemic video
Oregon Health & Science University Center for Ethics in Health Care
Additional COVID-19 Information
- FSM Coronavirus Updates
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine's Coronavirus Information site - IPHAM COVID-19 Resources
Institute for Public Health and Medicine of Northwestern Medicine - Chicago COVID-19 Coalition
- COVID-19 Communication Tools for Patient Care
Patient Provider Communication - COVID Ready Communication Playbook
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