REVIEW ARTICLE
Year : 2020 | Volume
: 10 | Issue : 3 | Page : 102--105
Ethical dilemmas in the era of COVID-19
Hassan Chamsi-Pasha1, Majed Chamsi-Pasha2, Mohammed A Albar3
1 Department of Cardiology, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Medicine, International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia
3 Department of Medical Ethics, International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Hassan Chamsi-Pasha
Department of Cardiology, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, P.O. Box: 9862, Jeddah.
Saudi Arabia
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic placed an extraordinary demand on health systems and healthcare providers all over the world. The pandemic presented a number of unprecedented challenging ethical issues. Across the globe, hospitals are being challenged by a large number of patients presenting to the emergency room for treatment, creating scarcities of critical care resources, and uncovering the need for formal crisis standards of care. Difficult life and death decisions, which may create severe moral distress to the physicians, have to be made in emergency rooms and intensive care units. Other ethical issues, such as that related to conducting clinical trials during the pandemic, and the increase in domestic violence during the quarantine period, will be also discussed.
How to cite this article:
Chamsi-Pasha H, Chamsi-Pasha M, Albar MA. Ethical dilemmas in the era of COVID-19.Avicenna J Med 2020;10:102-105
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How to cite this URL:
Chamsi-Pasha H, Chamsi-Pasha M, Albar MA. Ethical dilemmas in the era of COVID-19. Avicenna J Med [serial online] 2020 [cited 2021 Jan 22 ];10:102-105
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