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