Ethical implications of coronavirus disease 2019 for ENT surgeons – a discussion
| Autor: | C G Leonard |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject Review Article Paternalism 03 medical and health sciences Otolaryngology 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Pandemic Health care medicine Relevance (law) 030223 otorhinolaryngology Pandemics media_common Ethics business.industry Public health General Medicine Coronavirus Otorhinolaryngology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Duty of care business Autonomy |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Laryngology & Otology The Journal of Laryngology and Otology |
| ISSN: | 1748-5460 0022-2151 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s002221512000208x |
| Popis: | BackgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 has had a dramatic effect on society and healthcare. Preparations were based on predictive models of need, and with uncertainty regarding risk to patients and healthcare workers. Actions taken had both immediate and ongoing ethical impacts. The most obvious of these was the shift in duty of care from individual patients to public health centred ethics and decision making.RelevanceIn ENT, many procedures are aerosol-generating and so our capacity to provide care will remain significantly reduced. This reduction in capacity may result in difficult choices for patients when optimal care may be replaced by acceptable care. ENT surgeons may also be faced with unaccustomed paternalism when capacity prevents them from acting within the patients’ wishes.ConclusionDespite these challenges, the novel uses of technology highlight the desire to preserve and enhance the autonomy of our patients. |
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