商品簡介
In the face of recent pandemic threats (severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) avian influenza A H5N1
pandemic influenza A H1N1 and the 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak) and disasters in general debate
has arisen about the ethical basis of research surveillance and patient care in such situations. Scholarship on
the ethics of public health crises draws on various areas including clinical practice and research.
It is important to keep in mind that emergencies and disasters are the result of interactions between hazards
and community elements including people's health with differing vulnerability and capacity to cope with
situations. The vulnerability, capacity and overall resilience of countries and their systems, communities
and sub-populations define how well they will manage risks and determine the scale of an emergency.
Emergencies and disasters can be due to natural (including epidemics hydro.meteorological and geological)
and human.induced (including technological hazards conflicts food insecurity and social unrest) hazards or
circumstances. The requirements of the community for patient care and for research and surveillance vary
case by case and are influenced by how risks are managed before during and after events and by the type
and magnitude of the consequences of emergencies when they occur.
The training manual has two parts:
Part 1 covers ethical issues in research and surveillance such as conflicts that might arise between the common good and individual autonomy ethics oversight and publication ethics.
Part 2 covers patient care including triage standards of care and the professional duties of health
care workers in emergencies.
The teaching resources are modular comprising seven core competences and 26 learning objectives each
with a dedicated module. The modules are based on various types of instruction and activities (e.g. case
study, lecture, group discussion, role play, video) to meet the learning objective. Slide sets were prepared for
the lectures under each learning objective and summary slide sets for each core competence. At the end of
the manual you will find a compilation of all of the case studies used throughout the manual.
