Bórquez P Blanca, Luengo-Charath M Ximena, Anguita M Verónica, Bascuñán R M Luz, Pacheco M Isabel M, Michaud Ch Patricio, Vacarezza Y Ricardo
Departamento Bioética y Humanidades Médicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Rev Chil Pediatr. 2020 Oct;91(5):794-799. doi: 10.32641/rchped.vi91i5.2420.
The current COVID-19 pandemic is producing an unprecedented impact in the different spheres of life, at the same time that it has highlighted the importance that the Bioethics discipline has in analyzing and deliberating of emerging ethical challenges, before making reasonable and prudent decisions. The management and communication of information on this crisis has not been properly addressed, where it is considered that its negative effects may lead not only to interfere with the communication channels with citizens but also affect the expected adherence of the population to the indications that they need to follow. This issue is especially complex when experiencing a period of information explosion, a phenomenon called 'infodemic' by the World Health Organization. This article, claiming the ethical and legal imperative to act responsibly in collecting, using, and disse minating the information that helps any authority that plays a social function, proposes a series of recommendations to achieve its effectiveness in practice.
当前的新冠疫情正在对生活的不同领域产生前所未有的影响，与此同时，它凸显了生物伦理学科在分析和审议新出现的伦理挑战方面的重要性，以便做出合理和审慎的决策。关于这场危机的信息管理和传播尚未得到妥善处理，人们认为其负面影响不仅可能干扰与公民的沟通渠道，还可能影响民众对所需遵循指示的预期依从性。在经历信息爆炸时期时，这个问题尤其复杂，世界卫生组织将这种现象称为“信息疫情”。本文主张在收集、使用和传播有助于任何履行社会职能的权威机构的信息时，有道德和法律责任采取负责任的行动，并提出了一系列建议以在实践中实现其有效性。
