WHO guidance on ethics in outbreaks and the COVID-19 pandemic: a critical appraisal
| Autor: | Ehsan Shamsi-Gooshki, Lisa Schwartz, Paul Bouvier, Abha Saxena, Johannes Köhler |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Health (social science)
Isolation (health care) public policy education Public policy 03 medical and health sciences Politics 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Political science Pandemic Relevance (law) 030212 general & internal medicine policy guidelines/inst. review boards/review cttes public health ethics business.industry Health Policy Outbreak COVID-19 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Public relations allocation of health care resources Issues ethics and legal aspects Critical appraisal Infectious disease (medical specialty) Extended Essay business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Ethics |
| ISSN: | 1473-4257 0306-6800 |
| Popis: | In 2016, following pandemic influenza threats and the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease outbreaks, the WHO developed a guidance document for managing ethical issues in infectious disease outbreaks. In this article, we analyse some ethical issues that have had a predominant role in decision making in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic but were absent or not addressed in the same ways in the 2016 guidance document. A pandemic results in a health crisis and social and political crises both nationally and globally. The ethical implications of these global effects should be properly identified so that appropriate actions can be taken globally and not just in national isolation. Our analysis, which is a starting point to test the broader relevance of the 2016 WHO document that remains the only available guidance document applicable globally, concludes that the WHO guidance should be updated to provide reasoned and thoughtful comprehensive ethics advice for the sound management of the current and future pandemics. |
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