Resuming hip and knee arthroplasty after COVID-19: ethical implications for wellbeing, safety and the economy
Reinstating elective hip and knee arthroplasty services presents significant challenges. We need to be honest about the scale of the obstacles ahead and realise that the health challenges and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are potentially devastating. We must also prepare to make dif...
| Autores: | , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Repositorio: | Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/691779 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10486/691779 https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1120700020941232 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 coronavirus 2 healthcare orthopaedic SARSCoV- 2 severe acute respiratory syndrome total hip arthroplasty total knee arthroplasty revision arthroplasty Medicina |
| Sumario: | Reinstating elective hip and knee arthroplasty services presents significant challenges. We need to be honest about the scale of the obstacles ahead and realise that the health challenges and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are potentially devastating. We must also prepare to make difficult ethical decisions about restarting elective hip and knee arthroplasty. These decisions should be based on the existing evidence-base, reliable data, the recommendations of experts, and regional circumstances |
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