As the number of people affected by covid-19 continues to increase worldwide, there is growing concern over the massive collateral damage to routine health services in all settings. Among the […]
Month: June 2020
Covid-19 in New Zealand: A move to online consultations in primary care could widen health inequalities
Several advantages have helped New Zealand avoid the worst of the covid-19 pandemic and allowed the government to pursue a plan to eliminate the virus from the country. [1] New […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—25 June 2020
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals. […]
Mobilising informal healthcare providers in India may help its response to covid-19
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 […]
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 […]