Duty to treat and perceived risk of contagion during the COVID-19 pandemic: Norwegian physicians’ perspectives and experiences—a questionnaire survey

Autor:	Karin Isaksson Rø, Morten Magelssen, Fredrik Bååthe, Ingrid Miljeteig, Berit Bringedal
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	COVID-19 Physicians Duty to care Infection risk Professional ethics Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Zdroj:	BMC Health Services Research, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1472-6963
DOI:	10.1186/s12913-022-08905-3
Popis:	Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic actualised the dilemma of how to balance physicians´ obligation to treat patients and their own perceived risk of being infected. To discuss this in a constructive way we need empirical studies of physicians´ views of this obligation. Methods A postal questionnaire survey was sent to a representative sample of Norwegian physicians in December 2020. We measured their perceived obligation to expose themselves to infection, when necessary, in order to provide care, concerns about being infected themselves, for spreading the virus to patients or to their families. We used descriptive statistics, chi-square tests and logistic regression analyses. Results The response rate was 1639/2316 (70.9%), 54% women. Of doctors
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