In this special COVID-19 podcast, the Good GP interviews Prof Angus Dawson on the ethical issues that arise in a pandemic.

In this episode, Prof Dawson also explains the publication, An ethics framework for making resource allocation decisions within clinical care: Responding to COVID-19.

This ethics framework is designed to help clinicians, hospital administrators and policy makers decide how to allocate clinical health resources as they become scarce within a pandemic.

Professor Angus Dawson is Professor of Bioethics and Director of Sydney Health Ethics at the University of Sydney.

This episode was recorded on Monday 20 April 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.

The framework is available here: https://www.apprise.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/she.-clinical-ethics.-resource-allocation-framework.-version-1.-2-april-2020.pdf