Creating triage committees, responsible for allocating ventilators in hospitals facing a shortage, can help shield clinicians from having to make those distressing decisions, three clinicians from Harvard Medical School in Boston and Boston Children's Hospital argue.
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The American Medical Association created a guide for retired physicians who are rejoining the workforce amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
An emergency room physician at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, Wash., was removed from his position after denouncing the hospital's protections against the novel coronavirus, The Seattle Times reports.
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating a cash crunch for primary care physician practices and forcing some to lay off employees and others to close, according to the Los Angeles Times.
In their fight alongside their medical peers against the coronavirus, black physicians face the additional burden of broad mistrust of the federal government in many black communities, NBC News reports.
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In the midst of pandemics, healthcare workers face a wide array of pressures, including the pressure to ensure they are making ethical decisions with regard to resources in the face of a crisis.
Faced with the harsh reality of working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, many physicians are preparing their wills, according to a March 26 editorial written by Bari Weiss, an opinion writer for The New York Times.
Healthcare workers at the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are bearing the brunt of the crisis.
New York University's medical school is making the unprecedented move of allowing students to graduate a few months early to join the battle against COVID-19, according to New York Daily News.
Using snorkel masks in lieu of respirators, drones to drop off testing kits and mobilizing the community to sew reusable masks are some of the ideas physicians have proposed to address the personal protective equipment shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic.