ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN HEALTH CARE PROVE CRITICAL TO PROTECTING HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN PANDEMIC

Medical Economics - Health care practitioners and professionals are central to the world’s defeat of COVID-19, as well as to our societies’ ability to recover from this global health and economic crisis. These workers require a safe work environment even when scenarios are changing rapidly, and that is why a set of ethical principles that embraces health worker safety can be so important. Many health care workers have seen their practice disrupted and their patients suffer fallout during the pandemic, from delayed procedures to non-adherence and psychological distress. Those who are frontline responders are also facing considerable risks to their own health while they dedicate...>>>