Sese Denise, Ahmad Mahwish U, Rajendram Prabalini
Education Institute, Cleveland Clinic.
Center for Bioethics, Community Care Institute, Cleveland Clinic.
Cleve Clin J Med. 2020 Jun 3. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc038.
The care of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic has added many layers of complexity to ethical issues. Our response emphasizes the importance of having an ethically sound framework to inform our decisions, requiring caregivers to consider what is ethically optimal and feasible for the patient. It is increasingly important to understand the ethical principles and to appropriately apply them to both patient management decisions and guide scarce resource allocation. If we are to be prepared to face the many challenges of this pandemic, we must prioritize the ethical demands to our treatment and management concerns.
在新冠疫情期间照顾患者给伦理问题增添了许多复杂层面。我们的应对措施强调了拥有一个符合伦理道德的框架以指导决策的重要性，这要求护理人员考虑什么对患者而言在伦理上是最优且可行的。理解伦理原则并将其适当地应用于患者管理决策以及指导稀缺资源分配变得愈发重要。如果我们要做好准备面对这场疫情的诸多挑战，就必须优先考虑治疗和管理方面的伦理要求。
