The Costs of Institutional Racism and its Ethical Implications for Healthcare
AbstractThis paper discusses the ethical implications of racism and some of the various costs associated with racism occurring at the institutional level. We argue that, in many ways, the laws, social structures, and institutions in Western society have operated to perpetuate the continuation of historical legacies of racial inequities with or without the intention of individuals and groups in society. By merely maintaining existing structures, laws, and social norms, society can impose social, economic, and health costs on racial minorities that impinge on their well-being and human dignity. Based on a review of multidisc...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - January 2, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust v XX [2020] UKSC 14
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Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - December 1, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Beyond Duty: Medical “Heroes” and the COVID-19 Pandemic
AbstractWhen infectious disease outbreaks strike, health facilities acquire labels such as “war zones” and “battlefields” and healthcare professionals become “heroes” on the “front line.” But unlike soldiers, healthcare professionals often take on these dangerous roles without any prior intention or explicit expectation that their work will place them in grave personal dan ger. This inevitably raises questions about their role-related obligations and whether they should be free to choose not to endanger themselves. In this article, I argue that it is helpful to view this situation not only through the lens ...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - November 9, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Heralding the Digitalization of Life in Post-Pandemic East Asian Societies
AbstractFollowing the outbreak of what would become the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing measures were quickly introduced across East Asia —including drastic shelter-in-place orders in some cities—drawing on experience with the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) almost two decades ago. “Smart City” technologies and other digital tools were quickly deployed for infection control purposes, ranging from conventio nal thermal scanning cameras to digital tracing in the surveillance of at-risk individuals. Chatbots endowed with artificial intelligence have also been deployed to shift part of healthc...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - November 9, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
A Global Ecological Ethic for Human Health Resources
AbstractCOVID 19 has highlighted with lethal force the need to re-imagine and re-design the provisioning of human resources for health, starting from the reality of our radical interdependence and concern for global health and justice. Starting from the structured health injustice suffered by migrant workers during the pandemic and its impact on the health of others in both destination and source countries, I argue here for re-structuring the system for educating and distributing care workers around what I call a global ecological ethic. Rather than rely on a system that privileges nationalism, that is unjust, and that sus...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - November 9, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
