Institutional Bioethical Malpractice at Spanish Public Hospitals

IF 0.7 Q4 SOCIAL WORK

Ethics and Social Welfare Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/17496535.2022.2159310

David Alvargonzález

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Three recent studies carried out in the Spanish regions of Madrid, Valencia, and Murcia have shown that medical residents at public hospitals are systematically required to work for more than 48 hours a week. This practice is institutionalised, and there are indicators suggesting that it also occurs in other public hospitals throughout Spain. The obligation to work excessive hours has been shown to have harmful consequences for workers’ physical and psychological health while jeopardizing residents’ and patients’ safety. I argue that behaviours contrary to people’s health and safety imply bioethical and, in this case, institutional, malpractice.

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西班牙公立医院的机构生物伦理渎职

最近在西班牙马德里、瓦伦西亚和穆尔西亚地区进行的三项研究表明，公立医院的住院医生被要求每周工作超过48小时。这种做法已经制度化，有迹象表明，西班牙各地的其他公立医院也有这种做法。工作时间超长的义务已被证明对工人的身心健康产生有害后果，同时危及居民和病人的安全。我认为，违背人们健康和安全的行为意味着生物伦理上的不当行为，在这种情况下，意味着体制上的不当行为。

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Ethics and Social Welfare SOCIAL WORK-

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