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Communities Matter
Author(s) -
Galarneau Charlene
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1002/hast.1137
Subject(s) - bioethics , ethnic group , health care , sociology , surprise , pandemic , residence , environmental ethics , health equity , covid-19 , political science , medicine , law , anthropology , philosophy , demography , disease , communication , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Given the enduring inequities in US health and health care, it is no surprise that particular communities are bearing the disproportionate brunt of the Covid‐19 pandemic and our responses to it. Many ethical aspects of the pandemic involve diverse communities bound by race, ethnicity, disability, income, residence, age, and more. How does bioethics engage these communities in theory and in practice? Only faintly, despite Covid‐19's relentless reminder that communities matter morally. This article sketches initial directions for developing a community‐inclusive bioethics, one that understands communities as critical moral participants in the work of bioethics as well as in health and health care .