Ethics Resources on Specific Topics

Resources in OB/GYN

Learning through conflict: ethical debates in sexual and reproductive health.
Townsend JW.
Stud Fam Plann. 2007: 38; 225-8. (PMID 18284037)

Fair payment or undue inducement?
Hyun I.
Nature. 2006:10; 629-30.  (PMID: 16900181)

Payment for egg donation and surrogacy.
Steinbock B.
Mt Sinai J Med. 2004: 71; 255-65.  (PMID: 15365592)

Eggs for sale: how much is too much?
Stock G.
Am J Bioeth. 2001 Fall;1: 26-7.  (PMID 11954630)

Donation, disclosure,and deception. 
Dresser R.
Am J Bioeth. 2001 Fall;1:15-6. (PMID 11954622)

Gender reassignment and assisted reproduction: present and future reproductive options for transsexual people.
De Sutter P.
Hum Reprod. 2001;16 :612-4.  (PMID 11278204)

Gender reassignment and assisted reproduction. Evaluation of multiple aspects.
Jones HW Jr.
Hum Reprod. 2000 ;15:987.  (PMID 10783339)

Gender reassignment and assisted reproduction: An ethical analysis. Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine Ethics Advisory Committee.
Brothers D, Ford WC.
Hum Reprod. 2000;15:737-8.  (PMID 10739811)

Money, morals and medical risks: conflicting notions underlying the recruitment of egg donors.
Ahuja KK, Simons EG, Edwards RG.
Hum Reprod. 1999:14; 79-84  (PMID 10099963)

An assessment of the motives and morals of egg share donors: policy of 'payments' to egg donors requires a fair review.
Ahuja KK, Simons EG, Mostyn BJ, Bowen-Simpkins P.
Hum Reprod. 1998;13: 2671-8

Resources in Dealing with Pandemics

Who should receive life support during a public health emergency?
White DB, Katz MH, Luce JM, et. Al
Ann Intern Med. 2009:150:132-138 (PMID 19153413)

Allocation of Ventilators in a Public Health Disaster
Powell, Tia MD; Christ, Kelly C. MHS; Birkhead, Guthrie S. MD, MPH

Deveraux, AV, Dichter JR, Christian MD, Dubler NN, Sandrock CE, Hick JL, et. al

Dr. Pou and the hurricane—implications for patient care during disasters
Okie S
New Engl J Med. 2008; 358: 1524

Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic Influenza Vaccine
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2008

Clinical review:  allocating ventilators during large-scale disasters—problems, planning and process
Hick JL, Rubinson L, O’Laughlin DT, et. al
Crit Care. 2007:  11:217

Ethical guidelines in pandemic influenza
Kinlaw K, Levine R
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  2007

Concept of Operations for Triage of Mechanical Ventilation in an Epidemic 
John L. Hick, Daniel T. O’Laughlin
Academic Emergency Medicine 2006;13:223-9 (PMID 16400088)

Development of a triage protocol for critical care during an influenza pandemic
Christian MD, Hawryluck L, Wax RS, Cook T, Lazar NM, Herridge MS, et. al.
CMAJ 2006; 175: 1377-81. (PMID 17116904)

Pandemic influenza preparedness:  an ethical framework to guide decision-making
Thompson AK, Faith K, Gibson JL, et. al.
BMC Med. Ethics 2006; 7: 12

Public Health strategies for pandemic influenza:  ethics and the law
Gostin L
JAMA 2006; 295: 1700-4 (PMID 16609092)

Public health.  Who should get the influenza vaccine when not all can?
Emanuel EJ, Wertheimer A
Science. 2006; 312: 854-5 (PMID 16690847)

What does social justice require for the public’s health?  Public health ethics and  policy imperatives
Gostin LO, Powers M
Health Affairs 2006: 25: 1053-1060

Pandemic influenza preparedness:  an ethical framework to guide decision-making
Thompson AK, Faith K, Gibson JL, et. al.
BMC Med. Ethics 2006; 7: 12

Altered standards of care in mass casualty events
U.S, Department of Health and Human Services.  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.  2005

Fair process in patient selection for antiretroviral treatment in WHO’s goal of 3 by 5.
Lancet. 2005; 366: 169-71 (PMID 16005341)

Value and role of intensive care unit outcome prediction models in end-of-life decision making.
Barnato AE, Angus DC

Mass casualty management of a large-scale bioterrorist event:  an epidemiological approach that shapes triage decisions
Burkle FM Jr.
Emerg Medical Clin North Am 2002: 20: 409-36

Public health ethics: mapping the terrain.

Childress JF, Faden RR, Gaare RD, Gostin LO, Kahn J, Bonnie RJ, Kass NE, Mastroianni AC, Moreno JD, Nieburg P.

J Law Med Ethics. 2002 Summer;30(2):170-8. (PMID 12066595)

Accountability for reasonableness (Editorial)
Daniels N
BMJ. 2000; 321: 1300-1 (PMID 11090498)

Assessing the generalizability of prognostic information.
Justice AC, Covinsky KE, Berlin JA
Ann Intern Med. 1999; 130: 515-24 (PMID 10075620)

Waiting for medical care:  is it who you know that counts? [Editorial]
Shortt SE
CMAJ 1999; 161: 823-4 (PMID 10530299)

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