Tag Archives: Maxwell J. Smith
Resisting “equity lite” in health care, public health, and bioethics
Maxwell J. Smith details our inconsistent commitment to equity during the COVID-19 pandemic and argues that those willing to declare commitments to equity must be held accountable for acting in accordance with that which equity demands.
Public Health’s Post-Pandemic Relationship with Coercion
Maxwell J. Smith outlines four areas of ethical inquiry about the use of coercion in public health that we should consider in the post-pandemic era.
Failure to combat COVID-19 can have economic consequences, too
Maxwell J. Smith argues that choosing to keep businesses and schools open to prevent economic deprivation could have negative economic consequences in the future, and perhaps on even more adverse terms than at present.
Impact Ethics 