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, meetings, and workshops convened in anticipation of an H5N1 influenza pandemic have focused on the specific strategies that can be used in fighting such a pandemic. The contributors to this chapter take a different tack and consider the creation of ethical guidelines for governments, health-care systems, and clinicians to be used in planning for and responding to a pandemic. The authors identify a set of ethical principles that should serve as a foundation for such guidelines; they also discuss the importance of public engagement in the development of the guidelines and the need for clear communication of the guidelines once they are done.