Case-based materials on the experiences of those who deployed to the Ebola outbreak
Key words: infectious disease; humanitarian mission; Medical Rules of Eligibility; dual obligations; distributive justice; defining a healthcare worker in non-UK context
Case 2: Should affected workers be repatriated for care?
Key words: infectious disease; repatriation of affected staff; state obligations; employer obligations; dual standards; infection control.
Case 3: Moving infectious potentially dying patients
Key words: infectious disease; end of life care; best interests; risks to staff; making decision in teams
Case 4: Conflicting priorities in the laboratory
Key words: conflicting obligations (professional/military); prioritising; fairness
Case 5: Use of close circuit television to monitor patients in an infectious disease setting
Key words: infectious disease; privacy; consent and potential coercion; compromising patient care to minimise infection risk
Case 6: Risk avoiding colleague in an infectious disease setting
Key words: duty to take risks; providing care in risky situations; human factors; fairness; nature of humanitarian intervention
Case 7: Sharing resources with other organisations
Key words: dual obligations; rule of rescue; fair allocation of resources; States obligation to soldiers.
Case 8: Operating with limited / inadequate resources
Key words: partiality; best interests; professional standards; scarce resources in emergencies; end of life care; euthanasia is emergencies
Case 9: Are there limits to our obligations to volunteer for humanitarian work?
Key words: can/ought; conflicting obligations; limits to obligations; personal integrity