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A Novel Approach to Crisis Standards of Care

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The provision of scarce resources such as intensive care unit (ICU) beds, antivirals, and ventilators during this pandemic has been an ongoing topic of discussion. Repeatedly, states and hospital systems have considered implementing crisis standards of care, which establish triage protocols for scarce resources. By Stephen Wood.

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Mental Illness Shouldn’t Preclude Organ Transplant Eligibility

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An upcoming opportunity for reform provides a chance to rectify this injustice. Baban At present, there is a population of patients who would physiologically benefit from transplantation but are rejected based on pre-determined non-medical criteria: the presence of psychotic disorders.

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Organ Transplant Candidates Who Use Medical Cannabis Face Discrimination

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face discrimination in seeking health care services, including restrictions against obtaining solid organ transplants. By Hannah Rahim Medical cannabis users in the U.S.

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Caring for Patients with Serious Illness: Insights from Kristofer Smith

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Kristofer Smith, MD, MPP is the Chief Medical Officer of Landmark Heath, where he oversees efforts to establish a high-quality and clinically effective home-based medical care model for patients with serious illness.

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We Haven’t ‘Learned the Lessons of COVID’ Until We Remake the Political Economy of Health

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By Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant. Over the course of the pandemic it has been popular to claim that we have “learned lessons from COVID,” as though this plague has spurred a revolution in how we treat illness, debility, and death under capitalism.