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0258/2015 - Social and Ethical Criteria for Prioritizing Patients: A Survey of Students and Health Professionals in Portugal
Critérios Sociais e Éticos de Priorização de Pacientes: Uma Pesquisa a Estudantes e Profissionais de Saúde em Portugal

Author:

• Micaela Pinho - Pinho, Micaela - Universidade Portucalense - <michaelapinho@hotmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Políticas em Saúde

Abstract:

This quali-quantitative study explores the ethical dilemma of microallocation of health resources. Aims to identify: (i) and compare the opinion of two groups of the Portuguese society – people in general and health professionals, about which personal characteristics of patients they would value most if they had to prioritize them and (ii) if the choices are explained by bioethical references of utilitarian or deontological. Data were collected through a questionnaire administered to a sample of 180 students and 60 health professionals. Respondents before hypothetical emergency scenarios had to choose from two patients (distinguished by: age, gender, social responsibility, economic and employment situation, harmful health behaviors and criminal record) who to treat and justify the choice. The results suggest: (i) the existence of differences in choices between both groups, with health professionals reveling to accept less the use of social criteria in context of scarcity and (ii) co-existence of utilitarians and deontological criteria with a predominance of efficiency on the part of health professionals and equity by students.

Keywords:

selection utilitarianism; ethical criteria

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Pinho, Micaela. Social and Ethical Criteria for Prioritizing Patients: A Survey of Students and Health Professionals in Portugal. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2015/Sep). [Citado em 17/05/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/social-and-ethical-criteria-for-prioritizing-patients-a-survey-of-students-and-health-professionals-in-portugal/15331?id=15331



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