Widely adopted in the US when pandemic precautions kept people home, telehealth faces a challenge as insurance coverage changes, right when its popularity had surged.
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Nurses are uniquely at risk of COVID-19, and are affected by many of the health inequalities that the pandemic has exposed. But no one is listening to them.
A new approach is making a big difference in Virginia.
The UK was late at recognising smell loss as a COVID symptom.
Healthcare workers bear the extraordinary practical and psychological challenges of working daily with the threat of infection and for many months.
Involving senior health science students in the everyday practice helped address the workload in facilities, improved quality of patient care, and increased patient and staff satisfaction.
Gross negligence won’t be excused under any circumstances. But standards for reasonable medical care can’t be the same as in pre-COVID-19 times.
The pandemic illustrates that attacks against healthcare can – and do – happen everywhere.
Health Minister Greg Hunt has issued a warning that the deliberate transmission of COVID-19 can be prosecuted. But the application of a law like this is unclear and could cause unnecessary worry.
The coronavirus pandemic is placing immense mental and physical pressures on NHS staff.
Gratitude has a strong connection to well-being, but more than that, two psychologists say, it could have a powerful effect on others. So, don’t hold back when it comes to expressing it.
Panic buying and hoarding of personal protective equipment such as masks accelerates consumption of a finite supply.
A culture of fear and blame in the NHS could be improved by a different approach to how nurses and doctors learn from gaps in their performance.
A groundbreaking NZ$2 billion pay equity settlement has lifted the income for many care workers in aged care and community support, but it had some unintended consequences.
Healthcare workers are losing trust in the system in South Africa.
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Professor of Global Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Infectious Diseases Physician and Senior Clinical Lecturer, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Honorary Research Associate, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Humanitarian and Conflict Studies, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Queen's Counsel, Deakin University
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Professor in Nursing, Western Sydney University
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Vice-Dean: Learning and Teaching, Stellenbosch University
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Professor in Health professions education, Stellenbosch University
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Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine and Director, The Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, Stellenbosch University
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Research Director at The Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Honorary senior lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor in Employment Relations, Auckland University of Technology
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Jane E. McArthur is a Friend of The Conversation.
Ph.D., Sociology/Social Justice, University of Windsor
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Assistant Professor of Aging Studies, University of South Florida
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
