Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.34075/sb.63.1.2
Bioethical and social dilemmas in palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic
Helena Johum
orcid.org/0000-0002-3438-5979
; Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek
Klaudia Knezić
orcid.org/0000-0002-8229-3163
; Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb Clinic for Surgery, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Breast Surgery
Suzana Vuletić
orcid.org/0000-0002-5629-6635
; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo
Abstract
The pandemic, provoked by coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 is a globally spread infectious disease that has triggered high mortality rates worldwide. In addition to mortality and morbidity, certain bioethical dilemmas also arise: patient triage assessments due to the inability to care for terminal patients in intensive care units and unspecified decision-making related to their maintenance and end-of-life care. The pandemic also induced the denial of social relations by banning family members from visiting, resulting in isolation and self-indulgence of the patients to themselves, indicating the need for more intensive involvement of mobile palliative care teams in providing holistic care for integrative treatment of palliative care.
Keywords
bioethical dilemmas; COVID-19; holistic approach; integrated medical care; palliative care; social isolation; triage
Hrčak ID:
302906
URI
Publication date:
24.5.2023.
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