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Ethical challenges for women's healthcare highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bruno, Bethany; Shalowitz, David I; Arora, Kavita Shah.
  • Bruno B; School of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  • Shalowitz DI; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gyncologic Oncology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
  • Arora KS; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Kavita.Shah.Arora@gmail.com.
J Med Ethics ; 47(2): 69-72, 2021 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-852703
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Healthcare policies developed during the COVID-19 pandemic to safeguard community health have the potential to disadvantage women in three areas. First, protocols for deferral of elective surgery may assign a lower priority to important reproductive outcomes. Second, policies regarding the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 may not capture the complexity of the considerations related to pregnancy. Third, policies formulated to reduce infectious exposure inadvertently may increase disparities in maternal health outcomes and rates of violence towards women. In this commentary, we outline these challenges unique to women's healthcare in a pandemic, provide preliminary recommendations and identify areas for further exploration and refinement of policy.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Social Justice / Women's Rights / Women's Health / Delivery of Health Care / Pandemics / COVID-19 / Health Policy Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Female / Humans / Pregnancy Language: English Journal: J Med Ethics Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Medethics-2020-106646

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Social Justice / Women's Rights / Women's Health / Delivery of Health Care / Pandemics / COVID-19 / Health Policy Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Female / Humans / Pregnancy Language: English Journal: J Med Ethics Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Medethics-2020-106646