Existence Of Unequal Treatment in Healthcare: An Indicator for The Violation of Healthcare Bioethical Principles

Despite decades of existence of universal declaration of human rights, all goals and principles that aim to respect human rights have not been fully esteemed and achieved in many nations. For instance, global discrimination continues to appear almost in all sectors, and it is still a grave problem that deserves optimal attention. Worldwide numerous people do not get what they deserve due to certain kinds of discrimination. In healthcare sectors unequal treatment exists and it reduces the quality of life for many people. In 2002, the United Nations under the leadership of Kofi Annan launched a Global health initiative. Global health has been regarded as a collection of problems, but also, a field of study and practice concerned with improving health of all people and achieving health equity worldwide through addressing transnational problems. It could be possible to optimize the health status of the world's population via synergizing healthcare bioethical principles with global health initiative but also with other commitments. Could such be achieved if unequal treatment continues to exist in healthcare sectors? Some indicators that violate healthcare bioethical principles have been described in various contexts. It is truism that the existence of unequal treatment in healthcare settings also indicates the violation of healthcare bioethical principles. However, no researchers have addressed unequal treatment as an indicator for violation of healthcare bioethical principles. Unequal treatment happens at all levels of healthcare sectors. This synthesis article describes how unequal treatment is an indicator for violation of healthcare bioethical principles at Micro-level, Meso-level, and Macro-level of healthcare sectors.