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The Duty to Care

A retired colonel in the Army reserves and NCBC senior fellow, Marie Hilliard discusses the standards of care for health care workers during a pandemic. This article was written during the avian flu crisis of several years ago, but the moral reasoning remains unchanged. She also discusses philosophical underpinnings of the moral duty to care, triage, virtue, and heroism.

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