Center Faculty COVID-19 Publications

The American Journal of Bioethics special issue on COVID-19 and allocation of scarce resources with articles by Lisa Parker, Doug White, and Mark Wicclair, July 8, 2020; contact bioethics@pitt.edu regarding AJOB’s limited article access

UPMC led global trial fast tracks testing of hydroxychloroquine, other COVID-19 therapiesDerek AngusAAAS, April 9, 2020

A Conversation about the Ethical Concerns of People with Disabilities, with Mary Crossley, June 9, 2020

Religious Exemptions and the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate, podcast interview with Michael Deem, November 11, 2021

The Legal and Medical Necessity of Abortion Care Amid the COVID-19 PandemicGreer Donley, Beatrice Chen, and Sonya BorreroJournal of Law and the Biosciences, April 2020

The Birth of Injustice: COVID-19 Hospital Infection Control Policy on Latinx Birth ExperienceMarielle Gross and Alexandra Norton, AJOB, February 2021

A Conversation about Ethical Challenges for Evidence-Based Obstetrics during COVID-19, with Marielle Gross, July 21, 2020

Against pandemic research exceptionalismAlex John London and Jonathan Kimmelman, Science, April 23, 2020

Three related articles by Alex John London:

Human Challenge Studies for Covid-19 Vaccine: Questions about Benefits and RisksRuth MacklinHastings Center Bioethics Forum, June 15, 2020

Ethics Supports Seeking Population Immunity, Not Immunizing Priority Groups, Michael DeVita and Lisa ParkerHastings Center Bioethics Forum, January 26, 2021

A Conversation about Creating Fair Opportunity for Rural Americans, with Valerie Satkoske, August 18, 2020

Naming the New Coronavirus – Why Taking Wuhan out of the Picture MattersMari WebelThe Conversation, February 18, 2020; updated on March 25, 2020

A Proposed Lottery System to Allocate Scarce COVID-19 Medications: Promoting Fairness and Generating KnowledgeDoug White and Derek AngusJAMA, June 24, 2020

Mitigating Inequities and Saving Lives with ICU Triage During the COVID-19 PandemicDoug White and Bernie Lo, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, December 2, 2020

Respecting Disability Rights — Toward Improved Crisis Standards of Care, Michelle Mello, Govind Persad, and Doug WhiteNEJM, May 19, 2020

Allocation of Scarce Critical Care Resources During a Public Health Emergency: A Model Hospital Policy for Allocating Scarce Critical Care Resources, with Doug White and Scott D. Halpern, April 15, 2020 (Original version)

A Conversation about Allocating Scarce Resources, with Doug White, as part of the Pandemic Policies & Practices series co-sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center and the Center for Bioethics & Health Law, May 12, 2020; the presentation begins at minute 7

A Framework for Rationing Ventilators and Critical Care Beds During the COVID-19 PandemicDouglas B. White and  Bernard Lo, JAMA, March 27, 2020; related JAMA podcast on March 28, 2020

Potential Legal Liability for Withdrawing or Withholding Ventilators During COVID-19Assessing the Risks and Identifying Needed Reforms, Glenn Cohen, Andrew Crespo, and Doug WhiteJAMA, April 1, 2020

Protect the Doctors and Nurses Who Are Protecting UsDoug White, Glenn Cohen, and Andrew M. Crespo, New York Times, April 2, 2020

Allocating Ventilators During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Conscientious ObjectionMark WicclairAJOB, July 27, 2020