Volume-II, Issue-III, January 2026
Volume-II, Issue-III, January, 2026 |
Received: 18.12.2025 | Accepted: 21.01.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.01.2026 | Page No: 613-623 | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.03W.251 | |||
চিকিৎসা নৈতিকতার সংকট প্রেক্ষিত বাংলাদেশ কাজী মাহফুজা হক, সহকারী অধ্যাপক, নীতিবোধ ও সমতা বিভাগ, গণ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ |
The Crisis of Medical Ethics: The Context of Bangladesh Kazi Mahfuza Haque, Assistant Professor, Department of Ethics and Equality, Gono Bishwabidyalay, Bangladesh | ||
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Medical ethics in Bangladesh has become a complex, multi-layered challenge where universal ethical ideals repeatedly collide with local socioeconomic constraints, cultural values, and institutional limitations. This article provides a structured conceptual analysis grounded in Kantian deontological duty, Mills utilitarian reasoning in public health and resource allocation, and the World Medical Associations Declaration of Geneva as a modern professional ethical pledge. It frames the ethical crisis across three linked levels: (1) policy-level gaps between ethical rules and implementation, (2) value-level tensions between individual autonomy and family-cantered decision-making shaped by cultural-religious norms, and (3) practical constraints driven by scarce resources, high patient load, weak infrastructure, and urban-rural inequities. Based on this diagnosis, the article proposes an integrated reform pathway combining institutional/legal strengthening, ethics-focused medical education and continuous training, culturally adapted consent and communication practices, improved data governance and privacy protection, and fairer mechanisms for allocating limited healthcare resources. | ||
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