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Shelter in place? Improving the ethics of infection control measures in times of COVID-19

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    Priv-Doz Dr and Prof and Priv-Doz Dr Verina Wild, Angus Dawson, Jan-Christoph Heilinger

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Universität München

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Research to inform ethical issues

  • Research Subcategory

    Research to inform ethical issues related to Public Health Measures

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

This project combines theoretical and conceptual ethical analysis with empirical research in the form of qualitative interviews with key stakeholders to generate a comprehensive ethics assessment within the discipline of public health ethics. With the help of an international team of world-leading public health ethics experts as partners, the project aims to improve the capacity for ethically sensitive decision making about non-pharmaceutical public health measures (such as social distancing, school closures, lockdowns).