Strange Bedfellows: Reflections on Bioethics’ Role in Disaster Response Planning
Abstract
This essay considers the potential role of bioethics in disaster response planning and preparedness. Bioethicists can make substantial contributions, by ensuring that decision-making and distribution of resources during crises is carried out in a fair and just manner, as well as by examining the assumptions upon which disaster planning are based. Bioethicists should also be aware of potential pitfalls of overly-hasty engagement with this new field.
Keywords
Health Law, Bioethics, Disaster Response
Publication Date
2006
Document Type
Article
Place of Original Publication
American Journal of Bioethics
Publication Information
6 (5) American Journal of Bioethics 3 (2006)
Repository Citation
Berg, Jessica Wilen, "Strange Bedfellows: Reflections on Bioethics’ Role in Disaster Response Planning" (2006). Faculty Publications. 492.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/492
