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Ventilator shortage: Scorecard aims to help on pandemic’s hard calls

Categorical exclusions are unjust and no single criterion is sufficient for prioritizing access amid COVID-19 patient surges. Many hospitals are adopting a score-based framework.

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Obligations to protect health care professionals

Physicians have a well-recognized duty to provide care during a public health emergency, addressed in the AMA Code of Medical Ethics.

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Crisis standards of care: Guidance from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics

The Code of Medical Ethics provides foundational guidance for developing ethically sound crisis standards of care guidelines.

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Pandemic puts decision-making to the test. AMA offers expert advice.

Finite resources could force hard triage choices in COVID-19 care. Learn with the AMA’s medical ethics experts about the criteria to consider.

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Where to find ethical guidance in a pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has surfaced old and new ethical issues. A new resource aggregates relevant guidance from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics.

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Doctors obliged to provide pandemic care. It wasn’t always that way.

Two physician experts explore doctors’ obligations during pandemics such as COVID-19.

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In age of pandemics, how tough should vaccine mandates get?

Governments have various reasons for mandating vaccination. The AMA Journal of Ethics explores the preconditions and justifications.

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Coronavirus emergency: How U.S. is handling travelers from Wuhan

The fast global spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a public health emergency. Learn more about why travelers returning from Wuhan, China, are undergoing testing and monitoring.

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How decision science can help with gut-wrenching medical choices

Patient decision aids might help with routine health choices. The science of decision-making also can help navigate ethically complex choices.

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