Barbara Buchberger, Heide Weishaar, Megan Evans, Rike Böttcher, René Umlauf, Swetlana Muminow, Eloisa Montt Maray, Nadine Muller, Souaad Chemali, Brogan Geurts, Hanna-Tina Fischer, Charbel El Bcheraoui
In their daily practice, health care workers (HCWs) experience the effects of tensions between professional ethos and work realities, which can lead to ethical dilemmas. We aim to explore the ethical dilemmas that affected HCWs in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic and to understand these in the context of the German health system. Between April and December 2022, we interviewed HCWs from various levels of care and key informants responsible for decisions related to HCWs in Germany. Three themes were identified in the data analyzed from 78 participants...
February 26, 2024: Qualitative Health Research