• Ms. Sampada V. Chawan

It is assumed that medical professionals are obliged by duty to treat patients and perform in accordance with code of conduct of their medical profession. Besides that they must maintain a standard of care for all and that must follow from one's inner moral intent. However the present standards and code of medical ethics became questionable during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is because physicians assumed their right to refrain from treatment of affected patients while at the same facing the guilt from realising their duty to care. The ethical problem at hand is whether such physicians who neglect their duty should be disciplined by penalties or should they be allowed to claim the legitimacy of autonomously choosing their right to decline treatment. This issue is examined so as to search for some guidance for under-developed or under resourced countries have different medical conditions as compared to developed countries . The deontological views of Immanuel Kant will be considered to look through this moral dilemma during pandemics.

Duty to care, Covid-19, pandemic, deontological ethics, Immanuel Kant.

"Medical professional’s duty to treat v/s right to refrain from treatment: Kantian deontological approach in the context of pandemics ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.g256-g261, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203636.pdf

"Medical professional’s duty to treat v/s right to refrain from treatment: Kantian deontological approach in the context of pandemics ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppg256-g261, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203636.pdf