India has one of the most privatized health systems in the world, but the public sector is leading its response to covid-19. [1] It has focused, so far, on the […]
Year: 2020
Saskia Locke: How covid-19 helped me take ownership of my wellbeing as a medical student
Concerned that medical school had not adequately prepared her to deal with potential moral injury, Saskia Locke describes how she’s started taking steps to protect her wellbeing […]
How should surgeons obtain consent during the covid-19 pandemic?
Now that hospitals are resuming elective surgery, what should surgeons tell patients about the perioperative risks of covid-19? […]
Moral distress among healthcare workers: ethics support is a crucial part of the puzzle
The covid-19 pandemic has drawn our collective attention to the vulnerabilities of healthcare workers (HCWs). Currently, these vulnerabilities are largely couched in proximal terms of long working hours and shortages […]
Covid-19 and the problem of employee silence in healthcare
Healthcare professionals during covid-19 have had to cope with an extra burden beyond providing care. There is evidence that they have been instructed to keep silent about the lack of […]
Covid-19: Prolonged and relapsing course of illness has implications for returning workers
Covid-19 is a new illness on a scale not seen in living memory. Every article and webcast about covid-19 has the same message: “We are still learning; we don’t know […]
Paul Garner: Covid-19 at 14 weeks—phantom speed cameras, unknown limits, and harsh penalties
“If my husband had said he was still sick with covid-19 after a month, I’d say he was milking it.” Straight talking from a Liverpudlian woman on one of my […]
Charlotte Augst: Back to basics—a principled approach to managing the next phase of covid-19
“With dexterity issues together with learning difficulties in addition to my sight loss, I find it very hard to wear the mask and I have tried several times. It made […]
A regulatory response to covid-19: unleash telehealth
In response to the covid-19 pandemic, US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Alex Azar declared a public health emergency on 31 January 2020. On 13 March 2020, US President […]
Malta’s response to covid-19—following the UK public health handbook
UEMO, the union of European General Practitioners, held its general assembly on a virtual platform recently. Despite the distances that now stretch between us, it is still possible to talk […]