Pandemic priorities: the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on ethical leadership in the healthcare profession.
Crisis leadership
Decision-making
Doctors
Ethnic Groups
Ethnicity
Leadership
Journal
Leadership in health services (Bradford, England)
ISSN: 1751-1887
Titre abrégé: Leadersh Health Serv (Bradf Engl)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101464443
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 06 2022
10 06 2022
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Résumé
The COVID 19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus the importance of leadership and the ethics of health-care leadership. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of COVID 19 on ethical leadership principles using a validated quantitative survey of NHS leaders to compare pre- and post-pandemic ethical leadership principles. This study involved a quantitative survey of NHS "leaders". Inclusion criteria included consultants and registrars leading clinical teams, or NHS managers, senior nurses and matrons. The survey was designed as a modification of the Ethical Leadership Questionnaire proposed by Langlois A total of 79 responses were received. Responses were divided for analysis into those related to an ethics of care dimension, those related to ethics of justice and those related to the ethics of critique. This study has found significant changes in attitudes of health-care leaders with regards to the ethics of critique. Leaders were more likely post-pandemic to speak out against injustice and unfair practices. Leaders were also more concerned with matters of human dignity as well as understanding how some groups may be privileged. Other ethical principles showed no statistical difference. This paper highlights the changes the COVID-19 pandemic has had on leaders' attitudes to ethics.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35678695
doi: 10.1108/LHS-02-2022-0011
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Informations de copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited.
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