Read this article on doctors seeking ethical guidance around decision-making during COVID-19: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-31/doctors-ask-for-ethics-guidelines-amid-coronavirus/12107476 (Links to an external site.)
Imagine you are an ethicist at the Australian Institute for Ethics and you have been asked to write a set of guidelines for doctors to use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
1. Write a list of guidelines for doctors in hospitals treating multiple COVID-19 patients ie working in ‘pandemic practice’ as opposed to ‘normal practice’, as per the article. The list should consist of between 5-7 points or principles.
2. What ethical theory/approach did you take and why?
please just do a question and answer type format not an essay format. answer questions 1 and 2 and put reference list below. thankyou.