Who should receive treatment? Healthcare professionals’ perspectives surrounding the medical management of patients with COVID-19

Almutairi, Adel F.; BaniMustafa, Ala’a; Alessa, Yousef M; Alahmad, Ghiath

doi:10.2147/rmhp.s325312

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“…This was consistent with other findings on the challenges practitioners face in balancing their commitments to patients with their commitments to their loved ones 55 56. Another study described participants’ accounts of moral uncertainty as they relate to medical intervention, triage and resource allocation especially in the absence of scientific evidence 57. Interestingly, a different study identified ethical challenges pertaining to the country’s robust public health response, where some participants expressed difficulty in coping with newfound restrictions but were ultimately supportive of these warranted measures 58.…”

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“…55 56 Another study described participants' accounts of moral uncertainty as they relate to medical intervention, triage and resource allocation especially in the absence of scientific evidence. 57 Interestingly, a different study identified ethical challenges pertaining to the country's robust public health response, where some participants expressed difficulty in coping with newfound restrictions but were ultimately supportive of these warranted measures. 58 Indeed, the authors of this last study add their support in accordance with the principles of bioethics.…”

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Ethical uncertainty and COVID-19: exploring the lived experiences of senior physicians at a major medical centre

et al. 2022

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Given the wide-reaching and detrimental impact of COVID-19, its strain on healthcare resources, and the urgent need for—sometimes forced—public health interventions, thorough examination of the ethical issues brought to light by the pandemic is especially warranted. This paper aims to identify some of the complex moral dilemmas faced by senior physicians at a major medical centre in Saudi Arabia, in an effort to gain a better understanding of how they navigated ethical uncertainty during a time of crisis. This qualitative study uses a semistructured interview approach and reports the findings of 16 interviews. The study finds that participants were motivated by a profession-based moral obligation to provide care during the toughest and most uncertain times of the pandemic. Although participants described significant moral dilemmas during their practice, very few identified challenges as ethical in nature, and in turn, none sought formal ethics support. Rather, participants took on the burden of resolving ethical challenges themselves—whenever possible—rationalising oft fraught decisions by likening their experiences to wartime action or by minimising attention to the moral. In capturing these accounts, this paper ultimately contemplates what moral lessons can, and must be, learnt from this experience.

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confidence: 86%

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confidence: 99%