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Verantwortlich
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AEM - Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin ; Georg Marckmann, Gerald Neitzke, Annette Riedel, Silke Schicktanz, Jan Schildmann, Alfred Simon, Ralf Stoecker, Jochen Vollmann, Eva Winkler, Christin Zang ; translated by Eva Winkler
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Abstract/Summary
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The German healthcare system is facing significant challenges due to the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 patients. In this crisis, everyone involved in care is confronted with ethical questions, as to fair distribution criteria for limited resources and the health protection of staff in view of a so far untreatable disease. Therefore institutional and ambulatory ethics services are increasingly being confronted with requests for support. How can ethics consultants support healthcare decisions in the COVID-19 pandemic? What are the limits of ethics support service? So far there is little practical experience. In view of the dynamic development, the Academy of Ethics in Medicine (AEM) considers it important to start and entertain a discourse on the appropriate role of ethics consulting services in coping with the multiple challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide professional advice. With the present discussion paper, the AEM wants to contribute to answering essential questions that arise for ethics support services in the various areas of the healthcare system. The AEM suggests continuing this discourse and has set up an online forum (see below) in which ethics consultants can share their experiences and encourage the professional self-reflection of ethics advice in pandemic times.
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