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Maccaro, Alessia, Piaggio, Davide, Dodaro, Concetta Anna and Pecchia, Leandro (2021) Biomedical engineering and ethics : reflections on medical devices and PPE during the first wave of COVID-19. BMC Medical Ethics, 22 . 130. doi:10.1186/s12910-021-00697-1 ISSN 1472-6939.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00697-1
Abstract
In March 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that humanity was entering a global pandemic phase. This unforeseen situation caught everyone unprepared and had a major impact on several professional categories that found themselves facing important ethical dilemmas. The article revolves around the category of biomedical and clinical engineers, which were among those most involved in dealing with and finding solutions to the pandemic. In hindsight, the major issues brought to the attention of biomedical engineers have raised important ethical implications, such as the allocation of resources, the responsibilities of science and the inadequacy and non-universality of the norms and regulations on biomedical devices and personal protective equipment. These issues, analyzed one year after the first wave of the pandemic, come together in the appeal for responsibility for thought, action and, sometimes, even silence. This highlights the importance of interdisciplinarity and the definitive collapse of the Cartesian fragmentation of knowledge, calling for the creation of more fora, where this kind of discussions can be promoted.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | BMC Medical Ethics | ||||||
Publisher: | BMC | ||||||
ISSN: | 1472-6939 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2021 | ||||||
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Volume: | 22 | ||||||
Article Number: | 130 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1186/s12910-021-00697-1 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 25 August 2021 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 13 October 2021 | ||||||
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