Flu ethics articles available free

Articles and editorials published in the American Journal of Bioethics over the past few years on pandemics and how to handle them are now available for free to help health officials figure out what to do about swine flu.

Presumably, for in the general public, the articles will also provide something to measure the actions of health officials and politicians against.

Here's a list of available articles:

Ethics, Pandemics, and the Duty to Treat by Heidi Malm, Leslie P. Francis, Robert Hood, Thomas May, Saad B. Omer, Daniel Salmon 2008; 8(8):4

OPCs: Carrots and Sticks: Keeping Healthcare Workers on the Job in a Public Health Disaster by Tia Powell 2008; 8(8):20

Health Care Workers' Willingness to Work in a Pandemic by Dorothy E. Vawter, J. Eline Garrett, Karen G. Gervais, Angela W. Prehn 2008; 8(8):21

Suppose They Gave an Epidemic and Nobody Came? by Neil Schluger 2008; 8(8):23

Not in My Job Description by Joanne Godley 2008; 8(8):25

Specifying the Duty to Treat by Michael J. Selgelid, Yen-Chang Chen 2008; 8(8):26

Ethics and Epidemics by Daniel K. Sokol 2008; 8(8):28

A Duty to Treat During a Pandemic? The Time for Talk is Now by Tracey M. Bailey, Thomas J. Marrie, Rhonda J. Rosychuk, Olive Yonge 2008; 8(8):29

The Duty to Care in a Pandemic by Joint Centre for Bioethics Pandemic Ethics Working Group 2008; 8(8):31

Without Consent: Moral Imperatives, Special Abilities, and the Duty to Treat by Nadia Sawicki 2008; 8(8):33

Public Health and Duties to the Population during a Pandemic by Kenneth Kirkwood 2008; 8(8):35

Remembering the "Pan" in "Pandemic": Considering the Impact of Global Resource Disparity on a Duty to Treat by Alison Reiheld 2008; 8(8):37

Healthcare Professionals and the Reciprocal Duty to Treat During a Pandemic Disaster by Darren P. Mareiniss 2008; 8(8):39

Pandemic Influenza and the Duty to Treat: The Importance of Solidarity and Loyalty by Mitchell A. Klopfenstein 2008; 8(8):41 EDITORIAL: A 1918 Flu Memoir by Ricki Lewis 2008; 8(8):3

EDITORIAL: Don't Be Chicken: Bioethics and Avian Flu by Laurie Zoloth, Stephen Zoloth 2006; 6(1):5

EDITORIAL: Risk and Trust in Public Health: A Cautionary Tale by Matthew K. Wynia 2006; 6(2):3

EDITORIAL: Markets and Public Health: Pushing and Pulling Vaccines into Production by Matthew K. Wynia 2006; 6(3):3

EDITORIAL: Strange Bedfellows? Reflections on Bioethics' Role in Disaster Response Planning by Jessica W. Berg, Nicholas King 2006; 6(5):3

EDITORIAL: Ethics and Public Health Emergencies: Rationing Vaccines by Matthew K. Wynia 2006; 6(6):4

EDITORIAL: Ethics and Public Health Emergencies: Restrictions on Liberty by Matthew K. Wynia 2007; 7(2):1

EDITORIAL: What Vaccination Programs Mean for Research by Jeffrey P. Kahn 2007; 7(3):3

EDITORIAL: Ethics and Public Health Emergencies: Encouraging Responsibility by Matthew K. Wynia 2007; 7(4):1

EDITORIAL: Mandating Vaccination: What Counts as a "Mandate" in Public Health and When Should They Be Used? by Matthew K. Wynia 2007; 7(12):2

Such articles would normally cost about $37 (Canadian). No word on how long they will be available.