COVID-19 Resources

Page updated regularly. See also: Upcoming and Recent PCCB Faculty Publications and Presentations at PCCB Faculty Address COVID-19 Crisis

Catholic Ethics and the Challenge of COVID-19

A complimentary webinar series co-sponsored by the Catholic Health Association and Georgetown University in cooperation with the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics. Presented from May – July 2020. View recordings here

Powerpoint/PDF: Ethical Principles of Resource Allocation In the Event of an Overwhelming Surge of COVID-19 Patients. The principles will guide Georgetown University Medical Center in allocating scarce resources in the face of a potential overwhelming surge of cases of COVID-19. (Powerpoint) (PDF)

White Paper: The ERDs and the Maryland Framework for the Allocation of Scarce Life-Sustaining Medical Resources in the COVID-19 Pandemic by PCCB Director G. Kevin Donovan MD, MA

Webinar Recording: “Bioethics in the Time of Coronavirus” — MGUH POCUS Webinar April 2, 2020. A discussion of bioethical issues related to delivery of care during the COVID pandemic. Presented by Dr. Dan Sulmasy, PCCB Faculty Member and Acting Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics; Dr. Kevin Donovan, Director of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University; and Dr. Allen Roberts, Chair of the Clinical Ethics Committee at Georgetown University Hospital.

COVID-19 Research Resources at the Bioethics Research Library