| Ethical Issues in Disasters. | |
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PMID: 22008197 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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A disaster is a situation that overwhelms the local population's capacity to respond, thus necessitating a request for assistance from outside the impacted area. In these circumstances, needs usually outweigh resources. The objective of response is to do the greatest good for the greatest number of people (the utilitarian principle). As such, some unique ethical considerations will arise that are not seen in day-to-day practice.The adoption of medical ethics principles is important in such situations, but certain provisions must be accepted. In large-scale, complex disasters, it may be impossible to provide optimal care to each patient. This paper will discuss some of the challenges for healthcare personnel at "ground zero", how training in preventive ethics may help, and what principles can be applied when working in disaster-affected areas or when responding to disasters. |
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Authors:
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Fatimah Lateef |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-10-7 |
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Title: Prehospital and disaster medicine : the official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine in association with the Acute Care Foundation Volume: - ISSN: 1049-023X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-19 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8918173 Medline TA: Prehosp Disaster Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-4 Citation Subset: - |
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Senior Consultant, Emergency Medicine and Trauma, Director of Undergraduate Training and Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital; Senior Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Senior Part-Time Lecturer, School of Health Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore. |
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