When patients refuse COVID-19 testing, quarantine, and social distancing in inpatient psychiatry: clinical and ethical challenges.
| Autor: | Russ MJ; Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA., Sisti D; Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA sistid@upenn.edu., Wilner PJ; Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of medical ethics [J Med Ethics] 2020 Sep; Vol. 46 (9), pp. 579-580. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 10. |
| DOI: | 10.1136/medethics-2020-106613 |
| Abstrakt: | The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new ethical challenges in the care of patients with serious psychiatric illness who require inpatient treatment and who may have beeen exposed to COVID-19 or have mild to moderate COVID-19 but refuse testing and adherence to infection prevention protocols. Such situations increase the risk of infection to other patients and staff on psychiatric inpatient units. We discuss medical and ethical considerations for navigating this dilemma and offer a set of policy recommendations. Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared. (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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