Accelerating the De-Personalization of Medicine: The Ethical Toxicities of COVID-19

• DOI: 10.1007/s11673-020-10026-7
• Publication Date: 2020-08-25T13:03:51Z
• Authors: Mark Arnold; Ian Kerridge
• Keywords: Pandemic; Medical law; 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

The COVID-19 pandemic has, of necessity, demanded the rapid incorporation virtual technologies which, suddenly, have superseded physical medical encounter. These imperatives been implemented in advance evaluation, with unclear risks to patient care and nature practice that might be justifiable context a but cannot extrapolated as new standard care. Models fit for purpose should not generalized reconfigure by default, personal exception at conclusion emergency.