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Studies indicate COVID may have eroded doctors' belief that they are obligated to treat infectious patients
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Studies indicate COVID may have eroded doctors' belief that they are obligated to treat infectious patients
Fri, 2024-04-26 10:35 — mike kraft
COVID may have eroded doctors' belief that they are obligated to treat infectious patients A systematic review posted in Clinical Infectious Diseases reveals that, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many physicians felt less ethically obligated to provide care to infectious-disease patients if they fear contracting the disease. CIDRAP
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"During pandemics, healthcare providers struggle with balancing obligations to self, family, and patients," the study authors wrote. "While HIV/AIDS seemed to settle this issue, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rekindled debates regarding treatment refusal."
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