Like all students, medical students in China were sent home by universities because of the covid-19 outbreak, but there has been intense debate over whether they should join healthcare staff […]
Month: May 2020
Protecting “covid-protected” cancer hubs
Many patients still face risks from nosocomial transmissions from asymptomatic healthcare workers and patients […]
Managing a covid-19 rehabilitation surge
The covid-19 pandemic has turned the way we run hospitals upside down, facilitating the expansion of intensive care and revolutionising the way we manage acutely ill patients. The use of […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . testing hypotheses in testing times
All hypotheses are unequal; some are more unequal than others. I have previously discussed the Indo-European root DHE. The basic root, the so-called e-grade form, DHE, means to set or […]
New patterns of violence against healthcare in the covid-19 pandemic
Tributes to health workers are pouring in from around the world amid the covid-19 pandemic, as they are saluted as heroes and receive standing ovations from balconies. Nevertheless, an increasing […]
Intersectionality offers a radical rethinking of covid-19
Covid-19 has disrupted modern society. Globally, the refrain of “we’re all in this together” resounds. However, covid-19 does not impact everyone equally, prompting calls to account for the needs, vulnerabilities, […]
The importance of maintaining regular physical activity and social interaction in aged care settings in light of the covid-19 pandemic
As the global covid-19 pandemic continues to evolve, countries have taken actions to prevent the spread of the virus [1]. International travels restrictions, lockdown measures, physical distancing and good hygiene […]
Aileen O’Brien: The challenges of a pandemic in inpatient psychiatric settings
Staff in psychiatric hospitals are having to make some of the most difficult clinical and ethical decisions they have faced in their careers, writes Aileen O’Brien […]
Covid-19 has forced a reckoning—the UK has much to learn from low income settings
The UK should draw from some of the low cost, high impact strategies used in countries that have recently experienced epidemics, say Samuel Boland, Gillian McKay, Benjamin Black, and Susannah […]
Nora Espiritu: the impact of covid-19 in Peru is being felt most by the poor
Peru has a population of around 32 million of whom over a third live in its capital Lima.1 Like the rest of the world, it has been hit by the […]