During a COVID-19 surge, ‘crisis standards of care’ involve excruciating choices and impossible ethical decisions for hospital staff

A physician-bioethicist reflects on how health professionals are yet again facing painful reminders of the early months of the pandemic.

Matthew Wynia, Director of the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
Dec. 22, 2021 • ~11 min

Coronavirus: allocating ICU beds and ventilators based on age is discriminatory

Being a member of a certain age group shouldn't be a liability.

Alexandru Marcoci, Teaching Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • conversation
April 22, 2020 • ~6 min

Coronavirus and triage: a medical ethicist on how hospitals make difficult decisions

Trying to maximise lives saved will inevitably be contentious and imperfect.

Anthony Wrigley, Professor of Ethics, Keele University • conversation
March 31, 2020 • ~6 min

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