By FR. JOHN F. TUOHEY, PhD Fr. Tuohey is director, Providence Center for Health Care Ethics, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Ore. I n recent years, there has been a great deal I of interest in emergency preparedness. _J^This is especially true in light of concerns about a pandemic of the H5N1 virus, the "bird flu."* Ethical concerns include ensuring access to basic resources su...

Br. Maddix, formerly vice president, organizational advancement, Caritas Health Group, Edmonton, Alberta, is now vice president, mission, ethics, and spirituality, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author, with Ian C Soles, of Journey to Wholeness: Healing Body, Soul and Mind (Novalis Publishing, Montreal, 2003). The just and fair allocation of resources has always ...