JBI Dialogues

Social and ethical implications of the COVID-19 pandemic: symposium editors Michael Chapman, Paul Komesaroff, Ian Kerridge, and Ross Upshur

November 09, 2020 Season 1 Episode 1

In this our first episode of JBI Dialogues we welcome the editors of the journal’s new symposium on social and ethical implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to their work in bioethics, Dr Michael Chapman and Professors Paul Komesaroff, Ian Kerridge, and Ross Upshur are all physicians working across palliative medicine, endocrinology, haematology, and clinical public health.  Here they talk about: 

  • the meaning and importance of bioethics,
  • their motivations for starting this project and what they've subsequently learnt,
  • the symposium themes and their significance,
  • the case for why someone should make the time to read papers in this symposium,
  • the paper/s they would suggest to start your symposium reading, and why, and 
  • what comes next. 

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