Surgical ethics during a pandemic: moving into the unknown?

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2020, Pages 1089-1090

  Ives, J ^a   Huxtable, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NOTE; PANDEMIC; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; COMPLICATION; SURGERY;

COVID-19; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 85083955128     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11638     Document Type: Note

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