Publications
Laar, A. (2025) Lock in and improve Ghana’s health taxes: There should be no backing down on fight for public health. MyJoyOnline. https://www.myjoyonline.com/lock-in-and-improve-ghanas-health-taxes-there-should-be-no-backing-down-on-fight-for-public-health/
Michaelson, W. C., Tosti-Kharas, J. (2025) Should Federal Workers Accept Trump’s Buyout Offer? Time https://time.com/7213378/should-federal-workers-accept-trumps-buyout/
Piscitello, G. M., DeMartino, E. S., & Parker, W. F. (2025). Addressing Inadequate Documentation of Unilateral Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders. JAMA, 333(9):755-756. 10.1001/jama.2024.26282.https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2829203
Wrigley-Field, E., Raquib, R. V., Berry, K. M., Morris, K. J., & Stokes, A. C. (2025). Mortality Trends Among Early Adults in the United States, 1999-2023. JAMA Network Open, 8(1), e2457538-e2457538. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2829783
DeBruin, D. A. (2024). Fetal Personhood and the Boundless Responsibilities of Pregnant Persons. The American Journal of Bioethics, 24(2), 33–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2296778
Konerman-Sease, J. (2024). Afterlife and Life-After. Literature and Medicine, 42(1), 21-25. https://doi.org/10.1353/lm.2024.a935829
Konerman-Sease, J. (2024). On the Ground: Terrestrial Theopoetics and Planetary Politics, by O’neil Van Horn. Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology, 28(2), 222-225. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685357-02802003
Konerman-Sease, J. (2024). People on Floors: Creating Relics Out of Medical Waste. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 67(4), 556-565. https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2024.a942078
Larsen, S., Needle, J. S., Hsieh, E., & Shapiro, M. (2024). Professional interpreter use when a child is dying: A survey of pediatric critical care clinicians. Hospital Pediatrics. Advance online publication.
Leider J., DeBruin D., & Lim S. (2024) Ethical and Operational Strategies for Scarce Resource Allocation. JAMA Health Forum, 5(9), e242940. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2940
Leider, J., DeBruin, D., & Lim, S. (2024) Ethical and Operational Strategies for Scarce Resource Allocation. JAMA Health Forum, 5(9):e242940.https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2940
Overbey, D. M., Stephens, E. H., Parent, B., Ameduri, R. K., Catarino, P. A., Needle, J., Kucera, J. A., Kaldas, F. M., Biniwale, R., & Turek, J. W. (2024). Review of Current Normothermic Regional Perfusion Practice in Pediatric Cardiac Donation. The Annals of thoracic surgery, S0003-4975(24)01091-9. Advance online publication.
Riggan, K. A., Kesler, S., DeBruin, D., Wolf, S. M., Leider, J. P., Sederstrom, N., Dichter, J., & DeMartino, E. S. (2024). Minnesota hospitals' plans for implementing statewide guidance on allocation of scarce critical care resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes, 8(6), 537–547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2024.09.003
Riggan, K. A., Nguyen, N. V., Ennis, J. S., DeBruin, D. A., Sharp, R. R., Tilburt, J. C., Wolf, S. M., & DeMartino, E. S. (2024). Behind the Scenes: Facilitators and Barriers to Developing State Scarce Resource Allocation Plans for the COVID-19 Pandemic. CHEST, 166(3), 561-571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2024.04.006
Eyal, N., Wynia, M. K., Harter, T. D., DeBruin, D., & Eberl, J. T. (2023). Why Dropping Most Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates is Now Ethical. Health Affairs Forefront. https://doi.org/10.1377/forefront.20231206.51079
Konerman-Sease, J. (2023). Responding to people in pain with Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. Christian Bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Studies in Medical Morality, 29(3), 207–220. https://doi.org/10.1093/cb/cbad018
Leider, J. P., Lim, S., DeBruin, D., Waterman, A. T., Smith, B., Ghimire, U., ... & Hick, J. L. (2023). Using a web platform for equitable distribution of COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies: A case study in resource allocation. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1226935.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1226935
Lundberg, D. J., Wrigley-Field, E., Cho, A., Raquib, R., Nsoesie, E. O., Paglino, E., Chen, R., Kiang, M. V., Riley, A. R., Chen, Y. H., Charpignon, M. L., Hempstead, K., Preston, S. H., Elo, I. T., Glymour, M. M., & Stokes, A. C. (2023). COVID-19 Mortality by Race and Ethnicity in US Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, March 2020 to February 2022. JAMA network open, 6(5), e2311098. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.11098
Wrigley-Field, E., Berry, K. M., Stokes, A. C., & Leider, J. P. (2023). COVID-19 Vaccination and Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Mortality at Midlife in Minnesota. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 64(2),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2022.08.005
Baker, J. N., Friebert, S., Needle, J., Jiang, J., Wang, J., & Lyon, M. E. (2022). An Intervention in Congruence for End-of-Life Treatment Preference: A Randomized Trial. Pediatrics, 149(5), e2021054796. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-054796
Chantarat, T., Van Riper, D. C., & Hardeman, R. R. (2022). Multidimensional structural racism predicts birth outcomes for Black and White Minnesotans. Health services research, 57(3), 448–457. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13976
DeBruin, D.A. (2022). Addressing pandemic disparities: Equity and neutral conceptions of justice. In Boylan, M. (Eds.) Ethical public health policy within pandemics. The International Library of Bioethics, Vol. 95. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99692-5_10
DeBruin, D. A., Leider, J. P., Sakata, V., & White, D. B. (2022). Ethical Issues Related to COVID-19 Treatments. The Exchange, ASPR TRACIE. https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/ethical-issues-related-to-covid-19-treatments.pdf
Gollust, S. E., Saloner, B., Hest, R., & Blewett, L. A. (2022). US Adults’ Preferences for Public Allocation of a Vaccine for Coronavirus Disease 2019. JAMA Network Open. 3(9):e2023020. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.23020
Kaske, E. A., Wu, J. T., Hardeman, R. R., Darrow, D. P., & Satin, D. J. (2022). The language of less-lethal weapons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(17), e2117779119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2117779119
Konerman-Sease, J. (2022). What Bioethics Grad Students Want in Catholic Health Internships. In The Third Annual Catholic Healthcare Innovation in Ethics Forum, 18(1). Available at https://www.chausa.org/docs/default-source/hceusa/what-bioethics-grad-students-want-in-catholic-health-internships.pdf?sfvrsn=d578c7f2_0
Madrigal, V. N., Feltman, D. M., Leuthner, S. R., Kirsch, R., Hamilton, R., Dokken, D., Needle, J., Boss, R., Lelkes, E., Carter, B., Macias, E., & Bhombal, S. (2022). Bioethics for Neonatal Cardiac Care. Pediatrics, 150(Suppl 2), e2022056415N. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-056415N
Needle, J. S., Friebert, S., Thompkins, J. D., Grossoehme, D. H., Baker, J. N., Jiang, J., Wang, J., & Lyon, M. E. (2022). Effect of the Family-Centered Advance Care Planning for Teens with Cancer Intervention on Sustainability of Congruence About End-of-Life Treatment Preferences: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 5(7), e2220696. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.20696
Kesler, S. M., Wu, J. T., Kalland, K. R., Peter, L. G., Wothe, J. K., Needle, J. K., Wang, Q., & Weinert, C. R. (2021). Operationalizing Ethical Guidance for Ventilator Allocation in Minnesota: Saving the Most Lives or Exacerbating Health Disparities?. Critical care explorations, 3(6), e0455. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000455
Laar, A., DeBruin, D., Ofori-Asenso, R., Laar, M.E., Redman, B., & Caplan, A. (2021). Rationing health and social goods during pandemics: Guidance for Ghanaian decision makers. Clinical Ethics, 16(3), 165-170. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477750920977095
Leider, J. P., Wrigley-Field, E., DeBruin, D., & Sederstrom, N. (2021). Now Is the Time to Explicitly Emphasize Equity in Vaccine Access. JPHMP Direct.https://jphmpdirect.com/now-is-the-time-to-explicitly-emphasize-equity-in-vaccine-access/
Lyon, M. E., Cheng, Y. I., Needle, J., Friebert, S., Baker, J. N., Jiang, J., & Wang, J for the Adolescent Palliative Care Consortium. (2021). The intersectionality of gender and poverty on symptom suffering among adolescents with cancer. Pediatric blood & cancer, 68(8), e29144. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29144
Needle, J. S., Liaschenko, J., Peden-McAlpine, C., & Boss, R. (2021). Stopping the Momentum of Clinical Cascades in the PICU: Intentional Responses to the Limits of Medicine. Journal of palliative care, 36(1), 12–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/0825859719851487
Thompkins, J. D., Needle, J., Baker, J. N., Briggs, L., Cheng, Y. I., Wang, J., Friebert, S., & Lyon, M. E. (2021). Pediatric Advance Care Planning and Families' Positive Caregiving Appraisals: An RCT. Pediatrics, 147(6), e2020029330. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-029330
Wrigley-Field, E., Garcia, S., Leider, J. P., & Van Riper, D. (2021). COVID-19 Mortality At The Neighborhood Level: Racial And Ethnic Inequalities Deepened In Minnesota In 2020. Health affairs (Project Hope), 40(10), 1644–1653. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00365
Wu, J. T., DeBruin, D. A., Wolf, S. M., Klemond, T., & DeMartino, E. S. (2021). Addressing a Missing Link in Emergency Preparedness: New Insights on the Ethics of Care in Contingency Conditions from the Minnesota COVID Ethics Collaborative. The American Journal of Bioethics, 21(8), 17–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2021.1939809
DeBruin, D., & Leider, J. P. (2020). COVID-19: The Shift From Clinical to Public Health Ethics. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 26(4), 306-309. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001204
Friebert, S., Grossoehme, D. H., Baker, J. N., Needle, J., Thompkins, J. D., Cheng, Y. I., Wang, J., & Lyon, M. E. (2020). Congruence Gaps Between Adolescents With Cancer and Their Families Regarding Values, Goals, and Beliefs About End-of-Life Care. JAMA Network Open, 3(5), e205424. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.5424
Grossoehme, D. H., Friebert, S., Baker, J. N., Tweddle, M., Needle, J., Chrastek, J., Thompkins, J., Wang, J., Cheng, Y. I., & Lyon, M. E. (2020). Association of Religious and Spiritual Factors With Patient-Reported Outcomes of Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms, Fatigue, and Pain Interference Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer. JAMA network open, 3(6), e206696. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.6696
Lim, S., DeBruin, D. A., Leider, J. P., Sederstrom, N., Lynfield, R., Baker, J. V., ... Wolf, S. M. (2020). Developing an ethics framework for allocating remdesivir in the COVID-19 pandemic. In Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 95(9), 1946-1954. Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.06.016
Needle, J. S., Peden-McAlpine, C., Liaschenko, J., Koschmann, K., Sanders, N., Smith, A., Schellinger, S. E., & Lyon, M. E. (2020). "Can you tell me why you made that choice?": A qualitative study of the influences on treatment decisions in advance care planning among adolescents and young adults undergoing bone marrow transplant. Palliative medicine, 34(3), 281–290. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216319883977
Schreiner, K., Grossoehme, D. H., Friebert, S., Baker, J. N., Needle, J., & Lyon, M. E. (2020). "Living life as if I never had cancer": A study of the meaning of living well in adolescents and young adults who have experienced cancer. Pediatric blood & cancer, 67(10), e28599. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28599
DeBruin, D. A., & Leider, J. P. (2019). Ethics and the public health system. In J. Kahn, N. Kass, & A. Mastroianni (Eds.), Oxford handbook of public health ethics, 1-17. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190245191.001.0001
Kamrath, H. J., Osterholm, E., Stover-Haney, R., George, T., O'Connor-Von, S., & Needle, J. (2019). Lasting Legacy: Maternal Perspectives of Perinatal Palliative Care. Journal of palliative medicine, 22(3), 310–315. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0303
Needle, J. S., Peden-McAlpine, C., & Liaschenko, J. (2019). Physicians' Perspectives on Adolescent and Young Adult Advance Care Planning The Fallacy of Informed Decision Making. The Journal of clinical ethics, 30(2), 131–142. https://doi.org/10.1086/jce2019302131
Needle J. S., Brunquell D., Lyon M., & Heith C*. (2018). Mature minors, mature decisions: Advance care planning for adolescent patients with life-limiting illness. Journal of Pediatric Ethics, 1(3).
Laar, A., & DeBruin, D. (2017). Key populations and human rights in the context of HIV services rendition in Ghana. BMC international health and human rights, 17(1), 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12914-017-0129-z
Needle, J. S., Bjorklund, A., & Gupta, S. (2017). Considerations in Caring for Adult Patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Journal of pediatric intensive care, 6(2), 77–82. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1584680
Sveen, W.*, Sury, M., & Needle, J. (2017). If Truth Be Told: Paternal Nondisclosure in Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection. Journal of Pediatric Ethics 1(1).
DeBruin, D., Leider, J. P., & Reynolds, N. (2016). Ethical guidance for crisis standards of care: Planning and response guidelines. An annex to the Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH’s) Crisis Standards of Care Plan. Deliverable to MDH for Minnesota Crisis Standards of Care Ethics contract. Retrieved from https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/ep/surge/crisis/framework.pdf
Needle, J., & Smith, A. R. (2016). The Impact of Advance Directives on End-of-Life Care for Adolescents and Young Adults Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant. Journal of palliative medicine, 19(3), 300–305. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2015.0327
Laar, A., & DeBruin, D. (2015). Ethics-sensitivity of the Ghana national integrated strategic response plan for pandemic influenza. BMC Medical Ethics, 16(30). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-015-0025-9
Laar, A. K., DeBruin, D. A., & Craddock, S. (2015). Partner notification in the context of HIV: An interest-analysis. AIDS Research and Therapy, 12(15). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-015-0057-8
Needle J. (2014). Ethical challenges with the advancement of hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Journal of pediatric intensive care, 3(3), 195–200. https://doi.org/10.3233/PIC-14097
DeBruin, D., & Marshall, M. F. (2013). Ethical issues in pandemic Influenza planning concerning pregnant and postpartum women. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 121(5), 1138-1143. Published as American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee Opinion, ACOG Ethics Committee.
DeBruin, D., Liaschenko, J., & Marshall, M. F. (2012). Social Justice in Pandemic Preparedness. American journal of public health, 102(4), 586–591. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300483
Needle, J. S., Mularski, R. A., Nguyen, T., & Fromme, E. K. (2012). Influence of personal preferences for life-sustaining treatment on medical decision making among pediatric intensivists. Critical care medicine, 40(8), 2464–2469. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e318255d85b
Garrett, J. E., Vawter, D. E., Gervais, K. G., Prehn, A. W., DeBruin, D. A., Livingston, F., Morley, A. M., Liaschenko, J., & Lynfield, R. (2011). The Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project: Sequenced, Robust Public Engagement Processes. Journal of Participatory Medicine. 3:e6.https://participatorymedicine.org/journal/evidence/research/2011/01/19/the-minnesota-pandemic-ethics-project-sequenced-robust-public-engagement-processes/
Nakagawa, T., Rigby, M., Bratton, S., Shemie, S., Ajizian, S., Berkowitz, I., Bowens, C., Cosio, C., Curley, M., Dhanani, S., Dobyns, E., Easterling, L., Fortenberry, J., Helfaer, M., Kolovos, N., Koogler, T., Lebovitz, D., Michelson, K., Morrison, W., Naim, M., Needle, J., Nelson, B., Rotta, ... Weise, K. (2011). A call for full public disclosure for donation after circulatory determination of death in children. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 12(3), 375-377. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0b013e31820ac30c
Vawter, D. E., Garrett, J. E., Gervais, K. G., Prehn, A. W., & DeBruin, D. A. (2011). Attending to Social Vulnerability When Rationing Pandemic Resources. The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 22(1), 42–53. https://doi.org/10.1086/JCE201121106
DeBruin, D., Marshall, M.F., Parilla, E., Liaschenko, J., Leider, J., Brunnquell, D., Garrett, J., & Vawter, D. (2010). Implementing ethical frameworks for rationing scarce health resources in Minnesota during severe influenza pandemic. Report of the Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project (deliverable to Minnesota Department of Health) pp.122. Available at https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/ep/surge/crisis/implement.pdf
Needle J. S. (2010). Home extubation by a pediatric critical care team: providing a compassionate death outside the pediatric intensive care unit. Pediatric critical care medicine: A journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 11(3), 401–403. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181c0143f
Vawter, D. E., Garrett, J. E., Gervais, K. G., Prehn, A. W., & DeBruin, D. A. (2010). Dueling Ethical Frameworks for Allocating Health Resources. The American Journal of Bioethics, 10(4), 54–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161003632989
Vawter, D., Garrett, J., Gervais, K., Prehn, A., DeBruin, D., Tauer, C., Parilla, E., Liaschenko, J., & Marshall M. (2010). For the good of us all: Ethically rationing health resources in Minnesota in a severe influenza pandemic. Report of the Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project (deliverable to Minnesota Department of Health) pp.183. https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/ep/surge/crisis/ethics.pdf
Garrett, J. E., Vawter, D. E., Prehn, A. W., DeBruin, D. A., & Gervais, K. G. (2009). Listen! The Value of Public Engagement in Pandemic Ethics. The American Journal of Bioethics, 9(11), 17–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265160903197663
Needle, J. S., O'Riordan, M., & Smith, P. G. (2009). Parental anxiety and medical comprehension within 24 hrs of a child's admission to the pediatric intensive care unit*. Pediatric critical care medicine a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 10(6), 668–674. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181a706c9
Needle, J., & Anderson, M. R. (2006). Medical emergency teams: Are improved outcomes really like day and night?. Critical care medicine, 34(6), 1840–1841. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.CCM.0000219369.59563.9A
De Vries, R., DeBruin, D. A., & Goodgame, A. (2004). Ethics Review of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research: Where Should We Go From Here? Ethics & Behavior, 14(4), 351–368. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327019eb1404_6