Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Medical Healthcare
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences & Services".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2023) | Viewed by 3712
Special Issue Editors
2. Centre for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal
3. Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences-MEDCIDS, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal
Interests: bioethics; medical education; ethics research; human rights; self-care and burnout; mental health of healthcare workers
Interests: bioethics; medical ethics and environmental ethics; global justice and human
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2. Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences-MEDCIDS, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
3. School of Health of Polytechnic of Porto, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
Interests: biostatistics; data analysis; time series analysis; complexity measures; scales validation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the context of the global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, health professionals in general and medical doctors in particular were the first line of defense in the fight against this disease. Unfortunately, this overload exacerbated the pre-existing weaknesses of the health system, where the exhaustion of its professionals was already a reality.
In this Special Issue, we invite you to contribute with your latest research or reviews regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians’ health, physical and mental, as well as the impact of this distress on the quality of care provided to patients.
We hope that this Special Issue will facilitate a diverse range of research into how physicians’ quality of life was affected by the pandemic and also what lessons might be learned to deal with future catastrophic events. This Special Issue also aims to be a forum for discussion on the ethical implications of medical practice in the context of scarce medical resources.
Dr. Ivone Duarte
Prof. Dr. Rui Nunes
Dr. Luísa Castro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- burnout
- COVID-19
- medical healthcare
- psychological health
- moral distress
- wellbeing
- compassion fatigue
- exhaustion
- healthcare system
- medical ethics
