Additional US Guidelines
- National Academy of Medicine. Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine, 2020.
- Institute of Medicine Committee on Implementation of Antiviral Medication Strategies for an Influenza Pandemic. Chapter3: Ethics, Decision Making and Communication. In: Antivirals for Pandemic Influenza: Guidance on Developing a Distribution and Dispensing Program. 2008.
- Institute of Medicine Committee on Implementation of Antiviral Medication Strategies for an Influenza Pandemic. Chapter 4: Who should get antivirals and where? In: Antivirals for Pandemic Influenza: Guidance on Developing a Distribution and Dispensing Program. 2008
- HHS Office for Civil Rights in Action, Bulletin: Civil Rights, HIPAA, and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), March 28, 2020.
- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Rapid Expert Consultation on Crisis Standards of Care for the COVID-19 Pandemic, March 28, 2020
- Institute of Medicine, Crisis Standards of Care: A Systems Framework for Catastrophic Disaster Response, March 21, 2012.
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ethical Considerations for Decision Making Regarding Allocation of Mechanical Ventilators during a Severe Influenza Pandemic or Other Public Health Emergency, July 1, 2011.
- Veteran’s Health Administration, Meeting the Challenge of Pandemic Influenza: Ethical Guidelines for Leaders and Health Care Professionals in the Veterans Health Administration, July 2010.
- California Department of Public Health, Guidance for Counties Regarding Allocation of Remdesivir for COVID-19, May 20, 2020.
- Alameda County Public Health Department, Framework for Ethical Allocation of May 2020 Remdesivir Supply, May 22, 2020.
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health, “Crisis Standards of Care Planning Guidance for the COVID-19 Pandemic Chapter 5: Strategies for Maximizing Critical Care Resources (Allocation Framework),” April 7, 2020.
- Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project, Implementing Ethical Frameworks for Rationing Scarce Health Resources in Minnesota During Severe Influenza Pandemic, 2010.
- Minnesota Department of Health, Patient Care Strategies for Scarce Resource Situations, May 2020.
- Minnesota Department of Health, Ethical Framework for Allocation of Remdesivir in the COVID-19 Pandemic, June 17, 2020.
- Consortium of Missouri Health Ethics Organizations, “Health Ethics Considerations: Planning for and Responding to Pandemic Influenza in Missouri.”
- New York State Department of Health, State Task Force on Life and Law, Ventilator Allocation Guidelines, November 2015.
- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Interim COVID-19 Vaccination Plan, October 16, 2020
- North Carolina Institute of Medicine, North Carolina Protocol for Allocating Scarce Inpatient Critical Care Resources in a Pandemic, April 27, 2020.
- North Carolina Institute of Medicine, Stockpiling solutions: North Carolina’s Ethical Guidelines for an Influenza Pandemic, April 1, 2007.
- Oregon Health Authority, Oregon’s Federal Remdesivir Allocation: Patient Criteria and Hospital Distribution, May 20, 2020.
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Ethical Allocation Framework for Emerging Treatments of COVID-19.
- Tennessee Altered Standards of Care Workgroup, Guidance for the Ethical Allocation of Scarce Resources during a Community-Wide Public Health Emergency as Declared by the Governor of Tennessee, July 2016.
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, COVID-19 Protocols: Health Equity and Ethics, May 7, 2020.
- Harvard Medical School COVID-19 Curriculum, Module 8: Medical Ethics in Relation to COVID-19.
- University of North Carolina Center for Bioethics, Guidelines and Protocols for Hospitals.
- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Allocation of Scarce Critical Care Resources During a Public Health Emergency, April 15, 2020.
- University of Vermont Health Network, Ethical Allocation of Hospital Beds and Mechanical Ventilators During the COVID-19 Epidemic.
- University of Virginia Health System Ethics Committee, Ethical Framework and Recommendations for COVID-19 Resources Allocation When Scarcity is Anticipated, March 26, 2020.
- Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Center for Biomedical Ethics & Society, ICU Resource Allocation for Covid-19 Patients Who Require Critical Care.
- American Nurses Association, Adapting Standards of Care Under Extreme Conditions, March 2008
- British Medical Association, COVID-19 – Ethical Issues. A Guidance Note, March 2020.
- American Medical Association Code of Medical Ethics: Guidance in a Pandemic
- American Hospital Association, Ethical Guidance in the COVID-19 Era, 2020.
- American Medical Association, COVID-19 Ethics Guidance, 2020.
- American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, COVID-19 Ethics Resource Center.
- American Nurses Association, Nurses, Ethics and the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- American College of Surgeons, Ethical Considerations, March 30, 2020.
- American Occupational Therapy Association, The American Occupational Therapy Association Advisory Opinion for the Ethics Commission: An Ethical Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020.
- American Journal of Bioethics, Rural and Remote Communities: Unique Ethical Issues in the COVID-19 Pandemic, May 14, 2020.
- The Hastings Center, Ethical Framework for Health Care Institutions and Guidelines for Institutional Ethics Services Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic, March 16, 2020.
- Tennessee Hospital Association, THA Principles for Returning to Elective Surgery and Procedures, April 27, 2020.
- Florida Bioethics Network, Ethics Guidelines for Crisis Standards of Care in Public Health Emergencies, April 8, 2020.
- Ohio Hospital Association, Guidelines for Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources, April 5, 2020.