Currents in Contemporary Ethics

H.R.J. Res. 193, 104th Cong., § 1, 110 Stat. 3877 (1996).

42 U.S.C. § 14501 et seq.

For a comprehensive discussion of these issues, see Hoffman S. , “Responders' Responsibility: Liability and Immunity in Public Health Emergencies,” Georgetown Law Journal 96, no. 6 (2008): 1913–1969.

See Matthews G. W. Markiewicz M. , “Update on Emergency Liability Protection for Volunteer Entities,” Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science 7, no. 1 (2008): 51–54. An updated list of states with liability protection statutes for volunteers is maintained by the North Carolina Institute of Public Health, available at <http://nciph.sph.edu/law/states.htm> (last visited February 1, 2010).

Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act (revised November 1, 2007), available at <www.uevhpa.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=69> (last visited February 4, 2010).

UEVHPA § 11(b). Alternatives A and B of the uniform act are the same on this point and only differ on the definition of “volunteer health practitioner.”

Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act, Enactment Status Map, available at <www.uevhpa.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=2&tabid=67> (last visited February 4, 2010).

See, e.g., Kinney E. D. McCabe H. A. Gilbert A. L. , and Shisler J. J. , “Altered Standards of Care for Health Care Providers in the Pandemic Influenza,” Indiana Health Law Review 6, no. 1 (2009): 2–16.

See Institute of Medicine, Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations: A Letter Report (Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2009).

See Keeton W. P. , Prosser and Keeton on Torts, 5th ed. (St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co.,1984): at 187.

Hall v. Hilbun, 466 So. 2d 856, 873 (Miss. 1985) (emphasis added).

Abarquez v. Ontario (Ont. Ct. App., May 7, 2009), available at <www.ontariocourts.on.ca/decisions/2009/may/2009ONC0374> (last visited February 10, 2010).

Williams v. Toronto (Ont. Ct. App., May 7, 2009), available at <www.ontariocourts.on.ca/decisions/2009/may/2009ONCA0378> (last visited February 4, 2010).

See Okie S. , “Dr. Pou and the Hurricane – Implications for Patient Care During Disasters,” New England Journal of Medicine 358, no. 1 (2008): 1.

Institute of Medicine, Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations: A Letter Report, (Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2009): at 44.

Reynolds G. , “Why Were Doctors Afraid to Treat Rebecca McLester?” New York Times Magazine, April 18, 2004, at 32, 35.

Huber S. J. Wynia M. K. , “When Pestilence Prevails … Physician Responsibilities in Epidemics,” American Journal of Bioethics 4 (2004): W5, W7.

Rothstein M. A. , Quarantine and Isolation: Lessons Learned from SARS: A Report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2003): 133, available at <http://louisville.edu/bioethics/publichealth/SARS.pdf/view> (last visited February 4, 2010).

See Rothstein M. A. , “Are Traditional Public Health Strategies Consistent with Contemporary American Values?” Temple Law Review 77, no. 2 (2004): 175–192.

383 P.2d 441 (Cal. 1963).

Id. at 448.

Burstin H. R. Johnson W. G. Lipsitz S. R. , and Brennan T. A. , “Do the Poor Sue More? A Case-Control Study of Malpractice Claims and Socioeconomic Status,” Journal of the American Medical Association 270, no. 14 (1993): 1697–1701.

Hoffman S. , “Responders' Responsibility: Liability and Immunity in Public Health Emergencies,” Georgetown Law Journal 96, no. 6 (2008): 1913–1969, at 1959.

Id., at 1963.

Hodge J. G. Jr. , “Risk Management in the Wake of Hurricanes and Other Disasters: Hospital Civil Liability Arising from the Use of Volunteer Health Professionals During Emergencies,”” Michigan State Journal of Medicine and Law 10, no. 1 (2006): 57, 85.

See note 20 supra and accompanying text.

Hodge J. G. Jr. Gable L. A. , and Cáalves S. H. , “The Legal Framework for Meeting Surge Capacity Through the Use of Volunteer Health Professionals During Public Health Emergencies and Other Disasters,” Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy 22, no. 1 (2005): 5, 68.

Tenn. Code §§ 58-2-2 to -15 (2007).

For the government's response, see Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Progress Report on the Implementation of Provisions Addressing At-Risk Individuals (Aug. 2008), available at <www.hhs.gov/aspr/opeo/documents/pahpa-at-risk-report.pdf> (last visited February 4, 2010).