Figure 2.
The thematic diagram presents five healthcare ethics themes and related subthemes. Operating in a turbulent and unpredictable environment includes unclear and hierarchical organisational structure, financial concerns, human resource concerns, and balancing with regulations and ethics. Digitalisation and ethical use of technology includes use of changing technologies and responsible data use in the age of artificial intelligence. Ethical considerations in leadership practice includes complex decision-making in leadership, ensuring employee health and support from leaders, and managerial responsibilities and complicated roles. Staff competence and ethical awareness includes concerns regarding nursing professionalism and concerns regarding ethical consciousness and deficient ethical language. Patient vulnerability and justice in care includes patient safety concerns and challenging treatment targeting and inequality.Themes identifying ethical challenges in healthcare leadership during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Source: Authors’ own work