COVID-19
Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Diversity and Inclusion
Clinical Bioethics
School and Community Health
Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health
Naomi Laventhal, MD MA FAAP
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
University of Michigan
University of Michigan, Department of Pediatrics, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Douglas Opel, MD MPH
Interim Director
Pediatrics
Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children's Research Institute
Seattle, Washington, United States
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The COVID-19 pandemic has not only upended society and medicine but has also introduced a myriad of moral dilemmas in pediatric practice and policy. Many of these dilemmas are well-worn quandaries adorned in a new context, such as: how should children fare in resource allocation frameworks when adults fare worse with COVID-19? How do different national health policies impact children’s health and well-being during a pandemic? Should COVID-19 mitigation strategies, such as a vaccine, be required for children to attend school? How can clinicians manage the potentially harmful psychological toll of COVID-19 on children, particularly children of color? There is perhaps no more important issue today facing child health than the COVID-19 pandemic. Though children are at low risk of COVID-19 disease, strategies to mitigate the pandemic have made them pay a disproportionate price. It is therefore essential that we devote the careful deliberation and attention needed to navigating the ethical issues it poses in order to provide the best care to the children and communities we serve.
Presenter: Naomi T. Laventhal, MD MA FAAP – University of Michigan
Presenter: Briana Woods-Jaeger, PhD – Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Presenter: Dominic Wilkinson, DPhil – University of Oxford
Presenter: Douglas J. Opel, MD MPH – Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children's Research Institute
Presenter: Carlo Bellieni, MD – university hospital of siena
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