Nicoli Federico, Gasparetto Alessandra
Member, Center for Clinical Ethics, Biotechnology, and Life Sciences Department, Insubria University, Varese Italy; responsible Clinical Ethics Service, Domus Salutis Clinic, Teresa Camplani Foundation, Brescia, Italy.
Member, Center for Clinical Ethics, Biotechnology, and Life Sciences Department, Insubria University, Varese Italy.
J Clin Ethics. 2020 Spring;31(1):92-94.
The COVID-19 virus is severely testing the Italian healthcare system, as the requests for intensive treatment are greater than the real capacity of the system to receive patients. Given this emergency situation, it follows that citizens are limited in their freedom of movement in order to limit infection, and that in hospitals a significant number of critical situations must be faced. This brief contribution aims to offer a reflection on the public and clinical role of the bioethicist: a figure able to promote dialogue between the world of medicine and the community, and to face ethical dilemmas even in emergent clinical settings.
新冠病毒正在对意大利医疗系统进行严峻考验，因为重症治疗的需求超过了该系统接收患者的实际能力。鉴于这种紧急情况，公民的行动自由受到限制以控制感染，同时医院必须应对大量危急情况。这篇简短的文章旨在对生物伦理学家的公共及临床角色进行思考：这一角色能够促进医学界与社区之间的对话，甚至在紧急临床环境中也能应对伦理困境。
