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KMID : 1172020190200020029
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Journal of Korean Bioethics Association
2019 Volume.20 No. 2 p.29 ~ p.43
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Health Care Professional’s Duty of Care in a Public Health Emergency
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Hwang Sin-Woo
Kim Sang-Hee
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Abstract
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The possibility of a public health emergency is increasing gradually due to new infectious diseases, biological terrorism and natural disasters. In the event of a public health emergency, healthcare professionals who take care of patients on the front line will be given a duty of care as professionals while at the same time taking individual risks, which leads to conflicts of the ethical values. Therefore, the discussion of the reciprocal obligation of the society for the healthcare professionals’ protection as well as the legal obligation to emphasize their responsibility should be preceded in order to perform their duties of care voluntarily. Through a literature review, this article analyzed social expectations and issues about the duty of care, which is considered as the mission of the healthcare professionals in the event of a public health emergency, and suggestions to realize duty of care were given from various aspects. Through a literature review, this article analyzed social expectations and issues about the duty of care, which is considered as the mission of the healthcare professionals in the event of a public health emergency, and suggestions to realize duty of care were given from various aspects. Social efforts to establish a system of social support and protection for the healthcare professionals in the event of a public health emergency could reduce ethical conflicts between the professional and personal values and contribute to the maturity of professional values that aims to voluntarily perform their duties of care.
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KEYWORD
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public health emergency, duty of care, healthcare professionals, ethical conflict, social responsibility, reciprocity
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