AS THE COVID-19 pandemic begins to plateau, the population wants a reprieve from the continued stress, isolation and suffering. Massachusetts was particularly hard hit and our effective response required collaboration across all segments of our community, including government, businesses, health care and the public. Optimistically, the Reopening Advisory Board just released new guidelines for phase 1 reductions of social distancing across […]
Jeff Markuns
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State ‘Crisis Standards’ for rationing care are not equitable
FACING A POTENTIALLY overwhelming wave of COVID-19 patients, Massachusetts recently released “Crisis Standards of Care” to help hospitals prioritize who will receive scarce medical supplies and services. Intended to provide an ethical strategy for making life-and-death decisions in the face of grossly insufficient resources, when put into practice these will only heighten inequities that the pandemic […]