Duty Versus Distributive Justice during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

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dc.contributor.authorShaibu, Sheila
dc.contributor.authorWangari, Kimani Rachel
dc.contributor.authorShumba, Constance
dc.contributor.authorMaina, Rose
dc.contributor.authorNdirangu, Wambui Eunice
dc.contributor.authorKambo, Isabel
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-16T07:46:43Z
dc.date.available2025-04-16T07:46:43Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionJournal Article
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in inadequately prioritized healthcare systems in low- and middle-income countries such as Kenya. In this prolonged pandemic, nurses and midwives working at the frontline face multiple ethical problems, including their obligation to care for their patients and the risk for infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Despite the frequency of emergencies in Africa, there is a paucity of literature on ethical issues during epidemics. Furthermore, nursing regulatory bodies in African countries such as Kenya have primarily adopted a Western code of ethics that may not reflect the realities of the healthcare systems and cultural context in which nurses and midwives care for patients. In this article, we discuss the tension between nurses’ and midwives’ duty of care and resource allocation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is an urgent need to clarify nurses’ and midwives’ rights and responsibilities, especially in the current political setting, limited resources, and ambiguous professional codes of ethics that guide their practice.
dc.identifier.citationShaibu, S., Wangari, K. R., Shumba, C., Maina, R., Ndirangu, W. E., & Kambo, I. (2021). Duty Versus Distributive Justice during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Nursing Ethics.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6638
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNursing Ethics
dc.relation.ispartofseries1-8
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectdistributive justice
dc.subjectduty of care
dc.subjectKenya
dc.subjectnurses and midwives
dc.titleDuty Versus Distributive Justice during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
dc.typeArticle

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