Healthcare practitioners face a difficult situation – they have the right to be protected, but are legally required to treat patients.
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From magic bowls to holy shirts, Muslim cultures used various devices to protect the user from harm starting in the 11th century. Many of these objects were beautifully designed, too.
Moral injury happens when someone is faced with a choice that violates deep moral beliefs. Health-care workers treating COVID-19 might be forced to choose between ‘wrong’ and ‘wronger.’
Used PPE needs to be incinerated for safety reasons, but once this pandemic is over we should consider more sustainable options.
The evidence on whether wearing masks and gloves in the community will actually protect against coronavirus isn’t strong. But if you’re going to take these precautions, you might as well do it right.
There are two principles governments use to make public health decisions, and on mask-wearing they’re in direct conflict.
Designers, engineers, makers and doctors worldwide have used 3D printing to produce products such as face shields, face masks, ventilator components, hands-free door openers and nasal swabs.
These online spaces are more regulated than many media reports would have you believe. And the vast majority of dark web traders are steering clear of exploiting the pandemic.
More than 100 healthcare workers in the UK have died from COVID-19 – for some, the government’s £60,000 payout will not be enough.
Globalisation does not look so clever when everyone wants the same medical equipment.
Unfortunately, disrespectful and neglectful treatment of women during childbirth, including verbal, physical and emotional abuse is not uncommon.
Shortages of face masks may grow worse as state-wide lockdowns end. An economist suggests price controls.
A legal expert assesses whether failing to provide adequate PPE is a breach of human rights during this pandemic.
The show of compassion is part of an attempt by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to revamp Turkey’s international status.
Without massive change, the US health care system will continue to be disorganized and inefficient.
Nearly 90% of emergency service staff have experienced stress, low mood and poor mental health.
The COVID-19 outbreak presents many opportunities for students to develop needed solutions to real-life problems, says a researcher overseeing school project to produce personal protective equipment.
It’s clear that our post-pandemic future will be different. Current signs of good will amid entrepreneurial initiatives give us some cause for optimism.
The coronavirus pandemic is placing immense mental and physical pressures on NHS staff.
If you wear latex gloves for protection, you need to change them as often as your hands need to be washed.
Top contributors
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Professor of Medicine, Epidemiologist, Physician, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Health Care Law and Ethics, Barrister, Solicitor, Swansea University
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PhD Student, Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
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Professor of Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet
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Professional Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Global Development and Political Economy, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Immunology, Vice-Chancellors Distinguished Professorial Fellow, Head of Immunology and Translational Research, Victoria University
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Deputy Director, Intellectual Forum at Jesus College in the University of Cambridge, and Researcher for the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, University of Cambridge
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Certified Occupational Hygienist, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor in Employment Relations, Auckland University of Technology
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
