Duty of Care and the Overall Impact of Infectious Diseases
Journal Title: Annals of Bioethics & Clinical Applications - Year 2020, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
The role of healthcare providers is crucial to the health and well-being of society and the relationship between the patient and the healthcare provider is of paramount importance. The trust put in this relationship benefits not only the health and well-being of the patient, but society as a whole. Undoubtedly, in their everyday activity healthcare providers are bound by a duty of care towards their patients. However, such duty is challenged in case of infectious diseases, giving rise to many ethical dilemmas. Is this duty absolute? Does it apply at all times? Would treating a patient with an infectious disease endanger healthcare provider’s life or the life of others (his/her patients, family, colleagues, friends)? Would treating an infectious patient help the spread of the disease? Would refusal to treat jeopardize healthcare provider’s career and future? Infectious diseases put a heavy social, economic and political burden on the state. This paper aims to examine the special role of the healthcare provider in cases of infectious diseases and the importance of their profession in the general well-being of society.
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Bara S* and Bara J
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