Restriction and Protection of Personal Freedom of Medical Staff in Emergency Response to Public Health Emergencies / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

In the emergency response to public health emergencies, a series of ethical issues will be faced. One of the core issues is that the ethical conflict between personal freedom of medical staff and common good has not been effectively resolved, and the moral responsibility boundaries of medical staff have not been clearly defined. The personal freedom rights of medical staff are constrained in the emergency response to public health emergencies due to the prior moral requirements and regulations for them that emphasizes the priority of safeguarding public interests. Therefore, it is important to consider elements such as voluntariness, proportionality, priority, and fairness when balancing the tension between personal freedom of medical staff and common good. It is recommended to establish a rating system that endangers the life safety of medical staff, list the ethical list of "legitimate reasons" by the health administrative department, and improve the reward system of "moral and welfare consistency" to solve the ethical conflict between personal freedom of medical staff and common good, so as to better achieve common good.