Professional Life During COVID-19 Crisis: An Emotional and Ethical Dilemma for the Medical Staff

2 Moreover, lack of knowledge about COVID-19, unbearable workload, and insufficient availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) may lead to the different levels of psychological pressure among the medical staff.3 Due to limited resources, detaching a patient from a ventilator to save another...

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Veröffentlicht in:Disaster medicine and public health preparedness 2021-08, Vol.15 (4), p.e30-e31
Hauptverfasser: Chehrehgosha, Maryam, Royani, Zahra
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Zusammenfassung:2 Moreover, lack of knowledge about COVID-19, unbearable workload, and insufficient availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) may lead to the different levels of psychological pressure among the medical staff.3 Due to limited resources, detaching a patient from a ventilator to save another leads to an ethical dilemma in the medical staff. After this critical period, special attention should be paid to providing mental health care for the medical staff. Mental health status of medical staff in emergency departments during the coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic in China.
ISSN:1935-7893
1938-744X
DOI:10.1017/dmp.2020.394