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Budgetary restrictions and ethical behaviours in a hospital context : evidence from general surgeons
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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.
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Ethics Health Human Resources Management Budget Restrictions
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Citação
Silva, Cristina Piedade and Rita Martins de Sousa (2021). "Budgetary restrictions and ethical behaviours in a hospital context : evidence from general surgeons". European Journal of Management Studies,Volume 26, No.1: pp.16-31
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Emerald