Ethical challenges for women's healthcare highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
J Med Ethics
; 47(2): 69-72, 2021 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-852703
ABSTRACT
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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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Social Justice
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Women's Rights
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Women's Health
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Delivery of Health Care
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
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Health Policy
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
English
Journal:
J Med Ethics
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Medethics-2020-106646
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