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We will keep it updated, and welcome any suggested additions that you might have.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/education\/statement-on-structural-injustices-in-the-covid-19-era\/\">Center for Health Humanities &amp; Ethics Statement on Structural Injustices in the COVID-19 Area<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"list0020paragraph\" style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.25in; text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"color: black;\">University of Virginia Health System Ethics Committee<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"list0020paragraph\" style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2020\/03\/Ethical-Framework-for-Co-vid-19-Resources-Allocation-3.26.20.pdf\">Ethical Framework and Recommendations for COVID-19 Resources Allocation When Scarcity is Anticipated <\/a><\/span><b><span style=\"color: black;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recent Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thearc.org\/disability-discrimination-complaint-filed-over-covid-19-treatment-rationing-plan-in-washington-state\/\">Disability Discrimination Complaint Filed Over COVID-19 Treatment<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-article-header__title f-h18\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMsb2005114\"><span class=\"title_default\">Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehastingscenter.org\/ethicalframeworkcovid19\/\">Ethical Framework for Health Care Institutions Responding to Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Guidelines for Institutional Ethics Services Responding to COVID-19<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevant Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/communities\/ep\/surge\/crisis\/implement.pdf\">Implementing Ethical Frameworks for Rationing Scarce Health Resources in Minnesota During Severe Influenza Pandemic.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ajph.aphapublications.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.2105\/AJPH.2011.300483\">Social Justice in Pandemic Preparedness<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/pccmjournal\/Fulltext\/2011\/11001\/Ethical_issues_in_pediatric_emergency_mass.9.aspx\">Ethical issues in pediatric emergency mass critical care<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insights.ovid.com\/crossref?an=00003246-201811000-00016\">Ethics of Outbreaks Position Statement. Part 1: Therapies, Treatment Limitations, and Duty to Treat<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ejp-article-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/ccmjournal\/Fulltext\/2018\/11000\/Ethics_of_Outbreaks_Position_Statement__Part_2_.17.aspx\"><span class=\"ej-keyword\" data-value=\"Ethics\">Ethics<\/span> of Outbreaks Position Statement. 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