دورية أكاديمية
Principles for pandemics: COVID-19 and professional ethical guidance in England and Wales
| العنوان: | Principles for pandemics: COVID-19 and professional ethical guidance in England and Wales |
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| المؤلفون: | Helen Smith, Peta Coulson-Smith, Mari-Rose Kennedy, Giles Birchley, Jonathan Ives, Richard Huxtable |
| المصدر: | BMC Medical Ethics, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Clinical ethics, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Ethical guidance, Professional guidance, Medical philosophy. Medical ethics, R723-726 |
| الوصف: | Background During the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, various professional ethical guidance was issued to (and for) health and social care professionals in England and Wales. Guidance can help to inform and support such professionals and their patients, clients and service users, but a plethora of guidance risked information overload, confusion, and inconsistency. Methods During the early months of the pandemic, we undertook a rapid review, asking: what are the principles adopted by professional ethical guidance in England and Wales for dealing with COVID-19? We undertook thematic content analysis of the 29 documents that met our inclusion criteria. Results The 29 documents captured 13 overlapping principles: respect, fairness, minimising harm, reciprocity, proportionality, flexibility, working together, inclusiveness, communication, transparency, reasonableness, responsibility, and accountability. Conclusions We intend this attempt to collate and outline the prominent principles to be helpful, particularly, for healthcare practice during the COVID-19 pandemic and, hopefully, for future pandemic planning. We also offer some reflections on the guidance and the principles therein. After describing the principles, we reflect on some of the similarities and differences in the guidance, and the challenges associated not only with the specific guidance reviewed, but also with the nature and import of “professional ethical guidance”. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1472-6939 |
| العلاقة: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00643-1Test; https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6939Test; https://doaj.org/article/9454d79a3d654770851109d38307b7afTest |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12910-021-00643-1 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00643-1Test https://doaj.org/article/9454d79a3d654770851109d38307b7afTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.626327FC |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 14726939 |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s12910-021-00643-1 |