Maternity Care Choices in the U.K. During the COVID-19 Pandemic
One of many patient safety issues raised by the pandemic is that expectant mothers are considering freebirthing more after home births are cancelled.
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Read more: Social Workers and Chaplains at the Front Lines During COVID-19 Social Workers and Chaplains at the Front Lines During COVID-19
This article investigates the unique approaches chaplains and social workers are taking to serve patients digitally in their times of need.
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Read more: Reopening the Country During COVID-19: Legal and Policy Issues Reopening the Country During COVID-19: Legal and Policy Issues
There is a pressing need for a set of principles to guide not just the imposing of COVID-type restrictions, but also relaxing or lifting them.
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Read more: Ethical Duties of Health Care Providers and the Public in the Time of COVID-19 Ethical Duties of Health Care Providers and the Public in the Time of COVID-19
We typically speak of duties under “normal” circumstances, and normal certainly does not describe the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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Read more: Are Clinicians Without PPE Morally Obligated to Care for COVID-19 Patients? Are Clinicians Without PPE Morally Obligated to Care for COVID-19 Patients?
Clinicians should not be obligated to perform these heroic acts, nor should we morally blame them for their decision to refuse to provide care.
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Read more: Why ‘Mandatory Privacy-Preserving Digital Contact Tracing’ is the Ethical Measure Against COVID-19 Why ‘Mandatory Privacy-Preserving Digital Contact Tracing’ is the Ethical Measure Against COVID-19
Even if counterintuitive, mandatory private-by-design digital contact tracing is the only ethical option for fighting COVID-19.
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Read more: Coronavirus Negligence: Liability for COVID-19 Transmission Coronavirus Negligence: Liability for COVID-19 Transmission
Can people infected with COVID-19 sue the people who transmitted the disease to them for negligence, even if those people did not do so knowingly?
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Read more: Disability and Rationing of Care amid COVID-19 Disability and Rationing of Care amid COVID-19
Most physicians and bioethicists involved in establishing rationing of care guidelines have not claimed disability status. This needs to change.
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Read more: How Triage During COVID-19 Can be Fair to Patients with Disabilities How Triage During COVID-19 Can be Fair to Patients with Disabilities
Triage policies that use medical evidence to save more lives are legal, ethical, and better for patients with disabilities than other approaches.
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Read more: Human Subjects Research in Emergencies: An Ethical and Legal Guide (Part I) Human Subjects Research in Emergencies: An Ethical and Legal Guide (Part I)
Without minimizing the need for haste, it is important to remain aware of the risks inherent in rushing to treat patients with anything that might work.
