Liability in the Time of Coronavirus: The Ethical Necessity of Expanding the Legal Protections Afforded to Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Autor: Howard M; Maria Howard, Ph.D. is currently an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA. She earned her Doctorate in Philosophy and Masters in Philosophy from Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL) and her Bachelor of Arts from Roanoke College (Salem, VA). Her primary areas of research are philosophy of suicide, ethics at end of life, and the intersection of public health ethics and end of life issues. She serves as an Ethicist on Spokane County's Disaster Clinical Advisory Committee, the Crisis Standard of Care Clinical Regional Triage Team for Eastern Washington, and for the Spokane County's Regional Health District Ethics Committee., Kohlmeier PS; Pamela S. Kohlmeier, M.D., J.D., FACEP is a Lecturer for the Master of Public Health Program at Eastern Washington University in Spokane, WA; is dually licensed as a physician and an attorney in the State of Washington; and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. She earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha, NE), Juris Doctorate magna cum laude from Gonzaga School of Law (Spokane, WA), and Bachelor of Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is co-chair of Spokane County's Disaster Clinical Advisory Committee and the Crisis Standard of Care Clinical Regional Triage Team for Eastern Washington. She is also the attorney member of the Spokane Regional Health District Ethics Committee.

Publikováno v: Issues in law & medicine [Issues Law Med] 2021 Fall; Vol. 36 (2), pp. 163-192.