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  • Healthcare Ethics
  • Organizational Psychology
  • Emergency Medical Services

Background:

  • Ambulance professionals navigate complex ethical dilemmas.
  • Understanding individual value profiles is essential for ethical decision-making in emergency care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To translate and adapt the Managerial Values Profile for Spanish and Swedish ambulance professionals.
  • To assess the prevalence of utilitarianism, moral rights, and social justice in their value systems.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-cultural adaptation and translation of the Managerial Values Profile.
  • Content validity index calculation and pilot testing with 46 participants.
  • Adherence to ethical principles for research involving human subjects.

Main Results:

  • Spanish professionals prioritized social justice, while Swedish professionals prioritized moral rights.
  • Utilitarianism was the least favored ethical perspective in both countries.
  • Gender differences emerged, with males favoring rights and Spanish females favoring justice.

Conclusions:

  • Significant cultural differences exist in the ethical values of Spanish and Swedish ambulance professionals.
  • A low emphasis on utilitarianism suggests a preference for individualized patient care over population-level outcomes.
  • Further research is needed to align organizational values with patient care practices and ethical decision-making.