Controversy: The Ethics Of A Local Hospital's Decision

Websection 1 articulates ethical principles and values for public health authorities to consider, and section 2 sets out a framework to help clarify issues, analyse and weigh relevant. Webimportant societal questions include to what extent ethics should inform decision making and what role ethicists should play in helping the public understand. Webventilators, medications, vaccines, and testing and admission to hospitals are the main domains of challenges, where ethical prioritization decisions are required.

• deciding what we should do (what decisions are morally right or acceptable) • explaining why we should do it (justifying our decision. Webhospitals were overflowing with sick and dying patients, while ventilators and personal protective equipment were in short supply. Patients sat for hours or days in. The conflicts concern e. g.