2022-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS2022 Volume 13 Virk Intl. Symp Physics, Technology & Interdisciplinary Research

Editors:F. Kongoli, A. Bhattacharya, A. Pandey, F. Quattrocchi, L. Sajo-Bohus, R. Pullar, G. Sandhu, S. Singh.
Publisher:Flogen Star OUTREACH
Publication Year:2022
Pages:174 pages
ISBN:978-1-989820-58-2(CD)
ISSN:2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series)
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    COVID-19 is also a Bioethical Challenge

    Aaron Ciechanover1;
    1TECHNION-ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Haifa, Israel;
    Type of Paper: General Plenary
    Id Paper: 521
    Topic: 46

    Abstract:

    COVID-19 pandemic showed that besides important medical aspects at play, the bioethics at the interface between state-of-the-art technology and the sick human patient is equally important. Some of the ethical issues related to the pandemic are analysed in this presentation. They are: (1) treatment priorities, (2) neglected subjects such diseases, climate changes etc…(3) vaccination and its related skepticism and disinformation as well as its availability and affordability, (4) infodemic (misinformation and disinformation) and (5) inequality, discrimination and racism. The proper conclusions are drawn for each aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Keywords:

    Coronavirus; epidemiological monitoring; health management; healthcare system; infectious diseases; bioethics

    Cite this article as:

    Ciechanover A. (2022). COVID-19 is also a Bioethical Challenge. In F. Kongoli, A. Bhattacharya, A. Pandey, F. Quattrocchi, L. Sajo-Bohus, R. Pullar, G. Sandhu, S. Singh. (Eds.), Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit SIPS2022 Volume 13 Virk Intl. Symp Physics, Technology & Interdisciplinary Research (pp. pending). Montreal, Canada: FLOGEN Star Outreach