About the Southern California Bioethics Committee Consortium
SoCal Bioethics
The Southern California Bioethics Committee Consortium (SCBCC) is a group of health care professionals who meet regularly to discuss the medical, legal, and ethical dimensions of “doing” bioethics in Southern California. Membership includes individuals from Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties.
This site is designed to be a resource for members of the Consortium as well as others who sit on bioethics committees in Southern California.

See Our Resource Pages:
Group 1: Model Policies - Drafts and Finals
Updated 6/26/2020
This section contains:
- policies written before the advent of this current COVID-19 pandemic
- policies in final form, written for this current pandemic
- policies in draft form
Group 2: Resources for Creating Policy
This section contains articles, news stories and reference guides on ethical frameworks for public health emergencies in general, and the COVID-19 pandemic, in specific.
Updated 6/26/2020
Group 3: Non-Policy-Related Resources
Updated 6/26/2020
This section contains tools, articles and materials dealing with a number of topics relevant to the non-policy aspects of managing the pandemic. These include, among others, caregiver care, communication materials, palliative care, and moral distress.
Group 4: SCBCC WebEx Materials
Updated 4/13/2020
This section provides a copy of the materials used in the SCBCC WebEx meetings.
Group 5: Medication Allocation
Updated 6/5/2020
This section contains guidance in the allocation of scarce medical resources, especially during the pandemic.
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Discontinued 4/13/2020
*For archival purposes only*
(Discontinued)
A combined list of resources available to us.
Very large, so we suggest selecting one of the associated resource group pages if possible.
See above for descriptions and contents.