COVID 19: Ethical dilemmas in human lives. Issue 3 (14th September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bustan, Smadar; Nacoti, Mirco; Botbol‐Baum, Mylene; Fischkoff, Katherine; Charon, Rita; Madé, Laure; Simon, Jeremy R.; Kritzinger, Meinhard
• Is Part Of: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice. Volume 27:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 716
• Page End: 732
• Publication Date: 2020-09-14
• Subjects: epistemology -- healthcare -- humanity -- medical ethics -- philosophy of medicine -- public health; Clinical medicine -- Periodicals; 616.005
• DOI: 10.1111/jep.13453
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1356-1294

Abstract

Abstract: On 7 May 2020, Columbia University Global Centers hosted an online international symposium on ethical dilemmas during the COVID‐19 pandemic. This interdisciplinary engagement between philosophers and Covid medical professionals reports the challenges as well as the discrepancies between ethical guidelines and reality. This collection of presentations identifies four key ethical dilemmas regarding responsibility, fairness, dignity and honouring death. In looking into accountability and consistency in medical humanities, it examines whether the contextuality of coronavirus across countries and cultures affected the ethical decision‐making processes. This work aims to provide a seminal resource for the development of a high‐quality roadmap in medical ethics for future health crises.