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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Misselbrook, David

Titel

The trolley problem, 2021 style

Ist Teil von

• British journal of general practice, 2021-02, Vol.71 (703), p.75-75

Ort / Verlag

England: Royal College of General Practitioners

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To ethicists 'the trolley problem' does not relate to the number of patients spilling out into hospital corridors, waiting to receive care. It relates to a 1960s thought experiment from a well known ethicist, Philippa Foot. The trolley problem is a way into discussing how much value we put on normal rules and duties, or how far we are prepared to discount them to respond to a greater need. Once the number to be saved starts to climb above three most people say they would pull the lever. But, on 2 Dec 2020, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) granted emergency authorization for use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. But on 9 Dec the MHRA introduced the requirement that patients should wait, socially distanced, for 15 minutes following vaccination. When 'standard operating procedures' no longer serve the public good they are not fit for purpose.