Among equity and dignity: an argument-based review of European ethical guidelines under COVID-19.
BMC Med Ethics
; 22(1): 36, 2021 03 31.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1166906
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Under COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations developed guidelines to deal with the ethical aspects of resources allocation. This study describes the results of an argument-based review of ethical guidelines developed at the European level. It aims to increase knowledge and awareness about the moral relevance of the outbreak, especially as regards the balance of equity and dignity in clinical practice and patient's care.METHOD:
According to the argument-based review framework, we started our research from the following two questions what are the ethical principles adopted by the ethical guidelines produced at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak related to resource allocation? And what are the practical consequences in terms of 'priority' of access, access criteria, management of the decision-making process and patient care?RESULTS:
Twenty-two ethical guidelines met our inclusion criteria and the results of our analysis are organized into 4 ethical concepts and related arguments the equity principle and emerging ethical theories; triage criteria; respecting patient's dignity, and decision making and quality of care.CONCLUSION:
Further studies can investigate the practical consequences of the application of the guidelines described, in terms of quality of care and health care professionals' moral distress.Palabras clave
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Colección:
Bases de datos internacionales
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Guías como Asunto
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Obligaciones Morales
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Respeto
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
BMC Med Ethics
Asunto de la revista:
Etica
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
S12910-021-00603-9
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