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Budgetary restrictions and ethical behaviours in a hospital context – evidence from general surgeons
- Source :
- Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Emerald, 2021.
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Abstract
- Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study how budgetary constraints can have ethical implications on patient treatment options. Design/methodology/approach By applying a qualitative methodological approach (interviews) and participant observation, this paper studies the behaviour of surgeons in scenarios of financial restriction. Findings The empirical findings show that despite the conflict between the economy and the leges artis, surgeons maintain the ethical and deontological principles of their profession with fair rules of orientation. Practical implications The importance of this study can be realised by its continuity. One of the authors is already implicated on a wider research to investigate the influence of the economic scarcity of resources on general surgeons’ ethical behaviours. Social implications This paper is a contribution to understanding the rules that restrain the activities of surgeons. Politicians sometimes do not have a full understanding of the pressures that the medical profession faces in their day-to-day activities. Currently, with the addition of problems relate to COVID-19, politicians and populations seem to better understand the importance of the Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS), This paper hopes that this understanding will be not only a conjectural moment. Originality/value In conjunction with the economic recession that began in the first decade of this century, health institutions have long faced budgetary constraints that condition their material and human resources and correspondingly shape the scope of health professional activities. Until now, it has not been studied the impact of economic crises on the ethical behaviour of Portuguese surgeons. Therefore, this research is a first step and a useful contribution to understanding the rules that can restrain (or not) the ethical conduct of these health professionals.
- Subjects :
- Ethics
business.industry
media_common.quotation_subject
010102 general mathematics
Context (language use)
Participant observation
Public relations
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Recession
010101 applied mathematics
Scarcity
Human resources management
Health
Human resource management
Political science
Budget restrictions
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Human resources
business
Budget constraint
media_common
Ethical code
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 26352648
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Management Studies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....59866ebc1bab0509a5fbc12520d05bfc