CEM Seminar 6 - Ethics in Extraordinary Times: Practitioners’ Ethical Experiences during the Pandemic

27 January 2022, 12.00 PM - 27 January 2022, 1.00 PM

Professor Deborah Bowman

This seminar will present and discuss research, commissioned by the Professional Standards Authority, to explore the ethical experiences of practitioners working in health and social care professions during the Covid-19 pandemic. The work offers perspectives on i) what duties of care to self and others might mean in professions beyond intensive care; ii) how underexplored ethical approaches such as the ethics of care, relational ethics, virtue ethics and narrative ethics resonate with practitioners and relate to their experiences during the pandemic; iii) how practitioners perceive and engage with ethical guidance, including from professional regulators, and the significance of judgement; iv) the extent of moral injury and ensuing moral distress which will endure long after the pandemic. The work included contributions from regulators and the relationship between practitioner and regulatory perspectives on ethical practice will be explored with reference to systemic and relational regulation. The ethical experiences of practitioners across the professions have taken a significant personal and systemic toll and will inform care for years to come. This research approaching ethics in a way that is grounded in the experience of practitioners and focuses on building ethical confidence and capability matters. Specifically, by focusing on moral distress and repair, the ethics of care and the role of ethical judgement.

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