SynthesisPrehospital and disaster medicine2023
Ethical Decision Making in Disaster and Emergency Management: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Decision-Making in Public Health Crises: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography.Public health challenges · 2026Review
- 'This is not our mandate': a qualitative case study on the resilience of a humanitarian health programme in Lebanon.Health policy and planning · 2026Article
- Identifying Key Indicators and Components of Earthquake Preparedness Exercises in the Prehospital Setting: An Exploratory Content Analysis From Paramedic Nurses' Perspectives.Nursing research and practice · 2026Article
- Large-Scale Combat Operation Education and Training Needs: Implications for Military and Civilian Medical Education.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluating cognitive bias in clinical ethics supports: a scoping review.BMC medical ethics · 2025Article
- Principles of humanitarian and disaster response for healthcare systems in the modern era.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2025Article
- The Public Health Crisis Conceptual Model: Historical Application to the World's First Nuclear Bomb Test.Social sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A day in the life: psychological impact on emergency responders during the 22 March 2016 terrorist attacks.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
Ethical decision making in disaster and emergency management requires more than good intentions; it also asks for careful consideration and an explicit, systematic approach. The decisions made by leaders and the effects they have in a disaster must carry the confidence of the community to which they serve. Such decisions are critical in settings where resources are scarce; when decisions are perceived as unjust, the consequences may erode public trust, result in moral injury to staff, and cause community division. To understand how decisions in these settings are informed by ethics, a systematic literature review was conducted to determine what ethical guidance informs decision making in disaster and emergency management. This study found evidence of ethical guidance to inform decision making in disaster management in the humanitarian system, based on humanitarian principles. Evidence of the application of an ethical framework to guide or reference decision making was varied or absent in other emergency management agencies or systems. Development and validation of ethical frameworks to support decision making in disaster management practice is recommended.
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