Pandemic Influenza Ethics Toolkit

Dr. Margaret M. Gaffney and the Ethics Toolkit

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) and the Indiana University Center for Bioethics have collaborated on an ethics toolkit to support the ethical practice of health care during an influenza pandemic. The publication, Ethics Toolkit for Health Care Practitioners Working under Conditions of an Influenza Pandemic, includes: an "Ethics Guide" (a large version and a pocket version), a one-page patient guide, and a DVD, all contained in a plastic clamshell case. This Toolkit follows directly from the work on ethics and pandemic influenza we have been doing with ISDH the past couple years, which included our successful 'Summit of the States'. Although most of these toolkits have been shipped to health care practices around the state of Indiana, electronic versions of the three documents may be downloaded from our digital library:

Ethics guide for health care practitioners: working under conditions of an influenza pandemic. Plan, prepare, practice [8.5"x11" version]. Indiana University Center for Bioethics and Indiana State Department of Health, August 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2010

Ethics guide for health care practitioners: working under conditions of an influenza pandemic. Plan, prepare, practice [Pocket version]. Indiana University Center for Bioethics and Indiana State Department of Health, August 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2011

Patient guide: Questions and answers about Altered Standards of Care. Plan, prepare, practice. Indiana University Center for Bioethics and Indiana State Department of Health, August 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2012