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Area of Science:

  • Public Health Ethics
  • Infectious Disease Control
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship

Background:

  • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical global health challenge.
  • Coercive antimicrobial stewardship policies are increasingly implemented to combat AMR.
  • Ethical justification is essential for public health policies, including those addressing AMR.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a framework for the ethical evaluation of coercive antimicrobial stewardship policies.
  • To explore various ethical justifications and their limitations for such policies.
  • To emphasize the need for context-specific ethical frameworks aligned with local needs.

Main Methods:

  • Review of ethical arguments including effectiveness, duty of easy rescue, tragedy of the commons, responsibility-tracking, harm principle, paternalism, justice, precautionary approach, and professional duties.
  • Development of a comprehensive ethical evaluation framework.
  • Application of the framework to a case study: the EU ban on specific antibiotics in livestock.

Main Results:

  • Identified multiple ethical justifications for coercive antimicrobial stewardship policies.
  • Highlighted the importance of tailoring ethical frameworks to specific jurisdictions.
  • Demonstrated the practical application of the ethical framework using a real-world policy example.

Conclusions:

  • A robust ethical framework is necessary for evaluating coercive antimicrobial stewardship policies.
  • Ethical justifications must be carefully considered and adapted to local contexts.
  • Further development is needed to refine and implement this ethical framework effectively.