ARTICLES

 

Berlinger, N. "Flu Pandemic and the Fair Allocation of Scarce Life-Saving Resources: How Can We Make the Hardest of Choices?" Bioethics Backgrounder [Hastings Center, September 2006]: available online from The Hastings Center.

Christian, M. D., Devereaux, A. V., Dichter, J. R., Geiling, J. A., Rubinson, L. "Definitive Care for the Critically Ill During a Disaster: Current Capabilities and Limitations." Chest 133, no. 5, Supplement (May 2008): 8S-17S. [See other articles in this special issue, by Devereaux, et al. and Rubinson, et al.]

Christian, M. D., Hawryluck, L., Wax, R. S., Cook, T., Lazar, N. M., Herridge, M. S., Muller, M. P., Gowans, D. R., Fortier, W. and Burkle, F. M. "Development of a Triage Protocol for Critical Care During an Influenza Pandemic." CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal 175, no. 11 (November 21, 2006): 1377-1381.

Devereaux, A., Christian, M. D., Dichter, J. R., Geiling, J. A., and Rubinson, L. "Summary of Suggestions From the Task Force for Mass Critical Care Summit, January 26-27, 2007." Chest 133, no. 5, Supplement (May 2008): 1S-7S. [See other articles in this special issue, by Devereaux, et al., Rubinson, et al., and Christian, et al.]

Devereaux, A. V., Dichter, J. R., Christian, M. D., Dubler, N. N., Sandrock, C. E., Hick, J. L., Powell, T., Geiling, J. A., Amundson, D. E., Baudendistel, T. E., Braner, D. A., Klein, M. A., Berkowitz, K. A., Curtis, J. R. and Rubinson, L. "Definitive Care for the Critically Ill During a Disaster: A Framework for Allocation of Scarce Resources in Mass Critical Care." Chest 133, no. 5, Supplement (May 2008): 51S-66S. [See other articles in this special issue, by Devereaux, et al., Rubinson, et al., and Christian, et al.]

Hick, J. L. and O'Laughlin, D. T. "Concept of Operations for Triage of Mechanical Ventilation in an Epidemic." Academic Emergency Medicine 13, no. 2 (February 2006): 223-229.

Iserson, K. V. and Pesik, N. "Ethical Resource Distribution after Biological, Chemical, or Radiological Terrorism." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 12, no. 4 (October 2003): 455-465.

Kotalik, J. "Preparing for an influenza pandemic: ethical issues." Bioethics 19, no. 4 (August 2005): 422-431.

Kuschner, W. G., Pollard, J. B. and Ezeji-Okoye S. C. "Ethical Triage and Scarce Resource Allocation During Public Health Emergencies: Tenets and Procedures." Hospital Topics 85, no. 3 (Summer 2007): 16-25.

O'Laughlin, D. T. and Hick, J. L. "Ethical Issues in Resource Triage." Respiratory Care 53, no. 2 (February 2008): 190-197, with discussion on pp. 197-200.

Payne, K. "Ethical Issues Related to Pandemic Flu Planning and Response." AACN Advanced Critical Care 18, no. 4 (October/December 2007): 356-360.

Pesik, N., Keim, M. K. and Iserson, K. V. "Terrorism and the Ethics of Emergency Medical Care." Annals of Emergency Medicine 37, no. 6 (June 2001): 642-646.

Repine, T. B., Lisagor, P. and Cohen, D. J. "The Dynamics and Ethics of Triage: Rationing Care in Hard Times." Military Medicine 170, no. 6 (June 2005): 505-509.

Rhodes, R. "Justice in Medicine and Public Health." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 14, no. 1 (January 2005): 13-26.

Rubinson, L., Hick, J. L., Curtis, J. R., Branson, R. D., Burns, S., Christian, M. D., Devereaux, A. V., Dichter, J. R., Talmor, D., Erstad, B., Medina, J. and Geiling, J. A. "Definitive Care for the Critically Ill During a Disaster: Medical Resources for Surge Capacity." Chest 133, no. 5, Supplement (May 2008): 32S-50S. [See other articles in this special issue, by Devereaux, et al., Rubinson, et al., and Christian, et al.]

Rubinson, L., Hick, J. L., Hanfling, D. G., Devereaux, A. V., Dichter, J. R., Christian, M. D., Talmor, D., Medina, J., Curtis, J. R. and Geiling, J. A. "Definitive Care for the Critically Ill During a Disaster: A Framework for Optimizing Critical Care Surge Capacity." Chest 133, no. 5, Supplement (May 2008): 18S-31S.

Sztajnkrycer, M. D., Madsen, B. E. and Alejandro Baez, A. "Unstable Ethical Plateaus and Disaster Triage." Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America 24, no. 3 (August 2006): 749-768.

Tabery, J., Mackett, C. W. 3rd and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pandemic Influenza Task Force's Triage Review Board. "Ethics of triage in the event of an influenza pandemic." Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2, no. 2 (Jun 2008): 114-118.

Thomas, J. C., Dasgupta, N. and Martinot, A. "Ethics in a Pandemic: A Survey of the State Pandemic Influenza Plans." American Journal of Public Health 97, Suppl. 1 (April 2007): S26-31.

Thompson, A. K., Faith, K., Gibson, J. L. and Upshur, R. E. "Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: An Ethical Framework to Guide Decision-Making." BMC Medical Ethics 7, no. 1 (2006): E12.

Trotter, G. "Loyalty in the Trenches: Practical Teleology for Office Clinicians Responding to Terrorism." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 29, no. 4 (August 2004): 389-416.

Veatch, R. M. "Disaster Preparedness and Triage: Justice and the Common Good." Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine 72, no. 4 (July 2005): 236-241.

Veenema, T. G. and Toke, J. "When Standards of Care Change in Mass-Casualty Events." American Journal of Nursing 107, no. 9 (September 2007): 72A-72F.

White, D. B., Katz, M. H., Luce, J. M. and Lo, B. "Who Should Receive Life Support During a Public Health Emergency? Using Ethical Principles to Improve Allocation Decisions." Annals of Internal Medicine 150, no. 2 (January 20, 2009): 132-138.

Zimmerman, R. K. "Rationing of Influenza Vaccine During a Pandemic: Ethical Analyses." Vaccine 25, no. 11 (March 1, 2007): 2019-2026.

NOTE: The North Carolina Medical Journal published in January/February 2007 (vol. 68, no. 1) a special theme issue on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness, the articles of which are freely available on the Internet via http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/jan-feb-07/toc0207.shtml. See especially: Tong, R., "Ethics and Avian Flu" (pp. 69-70); McGorty, E. K., Devlin, L., Tong, R., Harrison, N., Holmes, M. and Silberman, P., "Ethical Guidelines for an Influenza Pandemic" (pp. 38-42); and Rhyne, J. A., "Likely Ethical, Legal, and Professional Challenges Physicians Will Face During an Influenza Pandemic" (pp. 51-53).