The Following section is dedicated to two Ethical Dilemmas:
DIGNITY :
Does the need for increased awareness of public harm in a pandemic
justify impinging on patients’ rights to bodily and personal dignity and
privacy?
HONOURING DEATH :
Does public interest in social distancing outweigh the patient’s right
not to die alone and the family’s right to be with their dying relative?
For the symposium video, please view:COVID-19
ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN HUMAN LIVES.
I would like to thank the Paris Global Center of Columbia University and
their wonderful team for hosting the symposium in these exceptional
times along with the Columbia Global Centers in Amman, Nairobi, and
Istanbul. And last, I would like to thank all the healthcare and
essential workers worldwide for their daily engagement to overcome the
COVID-19 virus.
Smadar Bustan
University of Paris Diderot
May 2020, France