Ethical Issues of the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak in East-Central Europe and Beyond is an edited collection that examines the profound moral and societal challenges unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the ethical tensions that surfaced in health care, governance, and individual rights. Through the exploration of East-Central Europe's responses, the 16 chapters of this book shed light on the crisis of resource allocation, the strain on health systems, and the shift in ethical paradigms that prioritized collective well-being over individual autonomy. This collection is a reflection on the bioethical dilemmas of the first global pandemic of modern times.
Introduction - Gergely Tari, Assya Pascalev
PART 1. COVID-19: Philosophical, Legal and Social Policy Challenges
Fairness, Discrimination, and Life Cycle Allocation Principles During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Thomas May, Mark Christopher Navin
The Covid Pandemic in Hungary: Lessons from a Human Rights Perspective - Judit Sándor
The COVID-19 Syndemic in the Age of Distrust - Attila Bánfalvi
Trusting Citizens? Individual Responsibility and Mandatory State Measures in the COVID-19 Era - Takis Vidalis
Immunity Passports – Between Health Necessity and Social Privilege. How is the Pandemic Reshaping Social Identity? - Anamaria Maleševi?, Anto ?artolovni
Ethical, Legal and Policy Challenges in COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: A European Perspective - Lucija ?ori?, Anto ?artolovni
The Impact of Conspiracy Theories on the Public Perception of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Vaccination Program in the Republic of Croatia - Ivica Kelam
The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania in Terms of Ethics and Organization - Adelina Georgiana Tudora, Maria Puschita, Radu Ioan Lala
An Ethical and Spiritual Approach to Terminally Ill Patients: An Illuminated Path Through the Covid-19 Darkness - Danijela Vu?evi?, Miroslav Radenkovi?, Igor Panti?, Janko Samardži?, Milica Radosavljevi?, Bojan Jorga?evi?, Jovana Paunovi? Panti?, Tatjana Radosavljevi?
PART 2. Ethical Challenges in the Clinical Context
COVID-19 in Pregnant Women: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas - Sla?ana Mihajlovi?, Ana Joti?, Ana Opankovi?, Branislava Medi?, Aleksandar Vujovi?, Zorana Radin, Dragana Srebro, Bojan Pavlovic, Katarina Savi? Vujovi?
Psychiatry, Ethics and COVID-19 in Hungary - Oguz Kelemen, Adrienn Máttyássy, Gergely Tari
The Significance of Moral Distress in the COVID-19 Pandemic - Danijela Vu?evi?, Miroslav Radenkovi?
Pharmacogenetics and COVID-19: Ethical Challenges and Considerations - Branislava Medi? Brki?, Sla?ana Mihajlovi?, Dragana Srebro, Danijela Polugi?, Katarina Savi? Vujovi?
The Ethical Challenges of Decentralized Clinical Research During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic - Assya Pascalev, Yordanka Krastev
Unexpected Ethical Issues in the SARS COV 2 Pandemic Outbreak - Not Just a Romanian Perspective - Daniela Reisz, Andrea Reisz, Doina Georgescu
Hungarian Adaptability of German and Austrian Medical Ethics Experience and Good Practices in Pandemic Response - Veronika Szilasi
Assya Pascalev is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Bioethics Program at Howard University, Washington, DC. She is Founding Director of the Bulgarian Center for Bioethics in Sofia, Bulgaria. Dr. Pascalev received her Ph.D. in Applied Philosophy from Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. She has expertise in biomedical ethics, moral philosophy, applied and professional ethics (including research ethics and the ethics of biotechnology), ethical theory and the philosophy of death and dying. She has over 50 publications in her areas of expertise. Dr. Pascalev is a Board Member of the National Association for Clinical and Translational Science, USA, and a member of the Medical Academy of Washington, DC. She is a book series editor for Perspectives in Bioethics, Trivent Publishing, Hungary.
Dr. Gergely Tari is the Vice Director of the Department of Behavioural Sciences at the Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, and a research fellow at the MTA Lendület ""Values and Science"" Research Group, Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His main research interest is related to the ethics of medicalization, with a particular focus on childbirth, psychiatry, and end-of-life care.
