Coronavirus Update:
Ethics Considerations, Guidance and Resources.
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A conversation with a new graduate nurse working in Northern Italy who is working in a COVID hospital at the frontlines.
ListenA conversation with an Italian doctor triaging patients north of Milan about the road that may lie ahead.
ListenA conversation with Dr. Darrell Owens, DNP, MSN, head of palliative care for the University of Washington's Northwest campus, a community hospital in Seattle.
VisitA discussion of the ethical challenges, including resource scarcity and medical worker obligations, that arise during pandemics with public health expert Dr Matthew Wynia.
VisitDr. Amy Caruso Brown discusses ethical decisions and communication strategies during a pandemic.
ListenDr. Doug Diekema, who has been working with a state planning task force, talks about how they are thinking about Washington state's needs in dealing with COVID-19.
ListenInterviews with chest physicians who are on the COVID-19 frontlines, including experience from front-line leaders in China.
VisitAn account of the COVID-19 outbreak at Burlington Health & Rehab Center, the struggle to contain it, and the fallout.
VisitA plea for hospice help in Central Vermont amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the "harrowing experience" that followed.
VisitThe coronavirus pandemic highlights how much we need to have conversations about end-of-life care.
VisitA selection of pieces on pandemics and other contagions.
VisitThe pandemic’s spread is creating new challenges for doctors who usually care primarily for patients with particular medical needs.
ReadDisappointed by the abrupt halt to their training, medical students around the country have responded with grass-roots efforts to secure masks, staff patient call centers and even provide child care for beleaguered doctors.
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