Article ; Online: Health Care Workers' Legal Liability and Immunity During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
2020 Volume 16, Issue 3, Page(s) 864–865
Abstract: ... ethical and legal clarity during a disaster response is necessary for a strong health care ... legal liability and immunity in their areas of practice. Law is a key response activity that promotes a sense ... of safety and security among health care workers. This article describes why it is important formally ...
| Abstract | The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is the most unprecedented crisis facing modern health care governance in a century. Many health care activities are attracting scrutiny from ethical and legal perspectives. Therefore, health care professionals are concerned about legal ambiguity regarding legal liability and immunity in their areas of practice. Law is a key response activity that promotes a sense of safety and security among health care workers. This article describes why it is important formally to address issues of altered operations in health care practice during emergencies. Furthermore, this article provides suggestions regarding solutions to the issue of legal liability during disasters. Implementing ethical and legal clarity during a disaster response is necessary for a strong health care system at international and local levels to achieve a stable health care workforce operating for the public good within a safe and secure working environment. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Liability, Legal ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Health Personnel ; Disasters |
| Keywords | covid19 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-11-19 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2375268-3 |
| ISSN | 1938-744X ; 1935-7893 |
| ISSN (online) | 1938-744X |
| ISSN | 1935-7893 |
| DOI | 10.1017/dmp.2020.449 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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