Scarce resources, public health and professional care: the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating bioethical conflicts - findings from global qualitative expert interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since spring 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread worldwide, causing dramatic global consequences in terms of medical, care, economic, cultural and bioethical dimensions. Although the resulting conflicts initially appeared to be quite similar in most countries, a closer look reveals a country-specific intensification and differentiation of issues. Our study focused on understanding and highlighting bioethical conflicts that were triggered, exposed or intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs).

Methods

We conducted qualitative interviews with 39 ethics experts from 34 countries (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Is

SUBMITTER: Vonderschmitt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10717036 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature