Strange bedfellows? Reflections on bioethics' role in disaster response planning.
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.
Berg
Jessica
J
Case Western Reserve University, USA.
King
Nicholas
N
D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001675:Bioethics / Q000639:trends; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D028663:Ethical Theory; D026822:Ethicists; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States