Forbes April 27, 2024
While most researchers, policymakers, lawyers, and journalists have always advocated that doctors are obligated to treat patients with infectious diseases, the Covid-19 pandemic might have changed that long-held view. According to a new study that analyzed people’s tolerance for doctors withholding treatment to Covid-19 patients, researchers observed a steadily growing acceptance of the view that it could be ethically acceptable for doctors to refuse care.
“All the papers throughout history have shown that physicians broadly believed they should treat infectious disease patients,” lead author, Braylee Grisel, a student at Duke University School of Medicine, said in a press release.
“We figured our study would show the same thing, so we were really surprised when we found that COVID-19 was so...
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