This paper proposes a systematic literature review on ethics and CoviD-19, aiming to understand the impact and the perception of the pandemic during the frst wave (January-June 2020) and the consequences one year later.PubMed was systematically searched up May 2020 to identify studies that took into consideration various ethical issues that have been arising from the Covid-19 outbreak. The eligibility of the papers was determined by two authors, who screened the results mediated by a third author. In order to facilitate the screening, the titles were divided into fve sub-thematic macro-areas, namely allocation, policy, specialist, clinical trials, and technology and, when possible, per geographical area. Specifcally, a posteriori, we decided to focus on the papers referring to policies and technology, as they highlighted ethical issues that are not overused and worthy of particular attention.Thus, 38 studies out of 233 met our inclusion criteria and were fully analysed. Accordingly, this review touches on themes such as fairness, equity, transparency of information, the duty of care, racial disparities, the marginalisation of the poor, and privacy and ethical concerns.Overall, it was found that despite the increased awareness of interdisciplinarity and the essential reference to ethics, many scientifc articles use it with little competence, considering it only a "humanitarian" enrichment. In fact, as we understand, refecting a year after the outbreak of the pandemic, although Covid-19 is leading scientists to increasingly recognise the importance of ethical issues, there is still a lot of confusion that could be helped by establishing international guidelines to act as a moral compass in times of crisis.

The role of ethics in science: a systematic literature review from the first wave of COVID 19 / Maccaro, Alessia; Piaggio, Davide; Pagliara, SILVIO MARCELLO; Pecchia, Leandro. - In: HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 2190-7188. - (2021), pp. 1-9. [10.1007/s12553-021-00570-6]

The role of ethics in science: a systematic literature review from the first wave of COVID 19

Alessia Maccaro
Primo
;
Silvio Pagliara
Penultimo
;
Leandro Pecchia
Ultimo
2021

Abstract

This paper proposes a systematic literature review on ethics and CoviD-19, aiming to understand the impact and the perception of the pandemic during the frst wave (January-June 2020) and the consequences one year later.PubMed was systematically searched up May 2020 to identify studies that took into consideration various ethical issues that have been arising from the Covid-19 outbreak. The eligibility of the papers was determined by two authors, who screened the results mediated by a third author. In order to facilitate the screening, the titles were divided into fve sub-thematic macro-areas, namely allocation, policy, specialist, clinical trials, and technology and, when possible, per geographical area. Specifcally, a posteriori, we decided to focus on the papers referring to policies and technology, as they highlighted ethical issues that are not overused and worthy of particular attention.Thus, 38 studies out of 233 met our inclusion criteria and were fully analysed. Accordingly, this review touches on themes such as fairness, equity, transparency of information, the duty of care, racial disparities, the marginalisation of the poor, and privacy and ethical concerns.Overall, it was found that despite the increased awareness of interdisciplinarity and the essential reference to ethics, many scientifc articles use it with little competence, considering it only a "humanitarian" enrichment. In fact, as we understand, refecting a year after the outbreak of the pandemic, although Covid-19 is leading scientists to increasingly recognise the importance of ethical issues, there is still a lot of confusion that could be helped by establishing international guidelines to act as a moral compass in times of crisis.
2021
The role of ethics in science: a systematic literature review from the first wave of COVID 19 / Maccaro, Alessia; Piaggio, Davide; Pagliara, SILVIO MARCELLO; Pecchia, Leandro. - In: HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 2190-7188. - (2021), pp. 1-9. [10.1007/s12553-021-00570-6]
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