Chapter 9 Moral Responsibility and the Justification of Policies to Preserve Antimicrobial Effectiveness
Restrictive policies that limit antimicrobial consumption, including therapeutically justified use, might be necessary to tackle the problem of antimicrobial resistance. We argue that such policies would be ethically justified when forgoing antimicrobials constitutes a form of easy rescue for an...
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| description | Restrictive policies that limit antimicrobial consumption, including therapeutically
justified use, might be necessary to tackle the problem of antimicrobial
resistance. We argue that such policies would be ethically justified when forgoing
antimicrobials constitutes a form of easy rescue for an individual. These are cases
of mild and self-limiting infections in otherwise healthy patients whose overall
health is not significantly compromised by the infection. In such cases, restrictive
policies would be ethically justified because they would coerce individuals into fulfilling
a moral obligation they independently have. However, to ensure that such
justification is the strongest possible, states also have the responsibility to ensure
that forgoing antimicrobials is as easy as possible for patients by implementing
adequate compensation measures. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-644012025-02-13T05:20:51Z Chapter 9 Moral Responsibility and the Justification of Policies to Preserve Antimicrobial Effectiveness Giubilini, Alberto Savulescu, J. Bioethics · Public health ethics · Antimicrobial resistance · Collective responsibility · Easy rescue thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAD Bioethics Restrictive policies that limit antimicrobial consumption, including therapeutically justified use, might be necessary to tackle the problem of antimicrobial resistance. We argue that such policies would be ethically justified when forgoing antimicrobials constitutes a form of easy rescue for an individual. These are cases of mild and self-limiting infections in otherwise healthy patients whose overall health is not significantly compromised by the infection. In such cases, restrictive policies would be ethically justified because they would coerce individuals into fulfilling a moral obligation they independently have. However, to ensure that such justification is the strongest possible, states also have the responsibility to ensure that forgoing antimicrobials is as easy as possible for patients by implementing adequate compensation measures. 2021-04-08T02:03:12Z 2021-04-08T02:03:12Z 2021-04-07T08:49:59Z 2020 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47726 9783030278731 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/64401 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47726/1/Bookshelf_NBK566842.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47726/1/Bookshelf_NBK566842.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47726/1/Bookshelf_NBK566842.pdf Springer Nature 10.1007/978-3-030-27874-8_9 10.1007/978-3-030-27874-8_9 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a Ethics and Drug Resistance: Collective Responsibility for Global Public Health Wellcome Trust d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd 9783030278731 Wellcome 14 104848/Z/14/Z open access |
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