Pandemic bioethics
"The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every human being on the planet and forced us all to reflect on the bioethical issues it raises. In this timely book, Gregory Pence examines a number of relevant issues, including the fair allocation of scarce medical resources, immunity passports, tradeoffs betwe...
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Peterborough, Ontario :
Broadview Press,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- Historical epidemics
- Modern viral pandemics
- The medical nature of SARS2
- Policies for containment
- Who should live when not all can?
- Developing vaccines
- Allocating vaccines
- Acts and omissions, the Trolley Problem, and prisoner's dilemmas
- Liberty and privacy
- Status certificates
- Structural inequalities and vulnerable groups
- Leadership during pandemics
- The future.
