Infectious Flu Pandemic

INFECTIOUS FLU PANDEMIC

2008

Infectious Flu Pandemic

Introduction

Throughout the history of civilization , we have often heard that sometimes , in to defend the continuity of the society as a whole the people in authority must make decisions or perform actions that might be beyond the comprehension of most members of the society

For instance , in times when the Ebola virus is spreading in Africa , the quarantined villages are guarded by military arms that will shot anyone trying to cross the bline of the villages . The military soldiers have indeed

killed quite many Africans that attempted to escape . Despite their ethical abomination nature , these measures are considered necessary at the time to prevent the virus from spreading into other regions and practically killing more people . Within extreme situations these difficult decisions are known to be a part of life , even within civilized communities

Some might believe that those times are practically over , and making difficult decisions like that would never have to be the responsibility of humanity any longer . These beliefs however , have been proven wrong by the presence of SARS that have recently terrorized the homeland US Since then , the government realized that they must be prepared the next time those horrible situations take place

Today however , the society has been more civilized . Ethical considerations in every conduct of the authority are hold very much higher today as a critical component of the society . Thus , preparing for the next emergency situations means that the authority must also make the society to agree upon a set of values that will guide the definition of which conduct are deemed ethical and which are not , within the emergency situation

In relation to that strain of thought , in this short I am discussing the role of health care providers within the perspective of today 's ethical values . The core of the discussion is regarding what is or should be expected from a health care provider , when their services are needed , during a possible life threatening situations JCB 's Position on the Extent of Health Providers ' Obligations

The University of Toronto 's Joint Care for Bioethics (JCB ) had assembled a working group that is particularly discussing ethical issues that might arise from the next biological threat that we could face in the future , the pandemic flu (H5N1 . The JCB working group has develop four major ethical issues , along with specific recommendations for each of them . One of these four major ethical issue is the regarding the duty of health workers during a communicable disease outbreak

According to the working group , the basis that could explain the extent of health providers ' responsibilities during a communicable disease outbreak is divided into two , the demanding basis and the humanity basis . The demanding basis of the measurement is built over three core arguments , which are

The possession of ability

Under this argument , the JCB Working Group believe that , under demanding situations , health workers are to some extent , under the obligation to provide care because of the knowledge...