Abstract
When thinking of something that would kill millions of people, a pandemic is the greatest risk. The outbreaks hit much harder to the lowerincome nations, given the lack of access to basic health services, health infrastructure, and effective infection control mechanisms. In this context, ethical aspects related to equity in resource allocation, selective vaccination, clinical trials involving human subjects, limitation of personal freedom such as quarantine regulations, and so forth need to be addressed by the healthcare professionals. Therefore, a recognized clinical ethics scheme is imperative to balance individual and population rights during the response to an outbreak.
Highlights
A pandemic is something that would surpass the death poll of past gigantic wars, devastate the world economy, and cause mass destruction to humanity
In September 2019, the WHO published ‘A World at Risk’, which predicts an imminent massive scale pandemic, where no country would be immune to the effects (2). By the time they declared a pandemic on January 30, 2020, most of the countries’ healthcare systems were not fully prepared
Health care professionals are faced with ethically challenging decisions in the background of the covid-19 pandemic and require guidance to articulate ethical principles for decision-making in health generally
Summary
A pandemic is something that would surpass the death poll of past gigantic wars, devastate the world economy, and cause mass destruction to humanity. People forget : the leaders allocate more budget on the military than health care. Health care professionals are faced with ethically challenging decisions in the background of the covid-19 pandemic and require guidance to articulate ethical principles for decision-making in health generally.
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