Mental Health Act: doctors should not use video assessments to detain patients during pandemic, say judges

Peruvian Guideline to Care the Mental Health of Health Providers During COVID-19 Pandemic

Mental Health and Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 first broke out on December 17, 2019, in Wuhan, China, and was declared a worldwide pandemic on March 11, 2020, according to the World Health Organization. Studies have shown that the incidence and mortality rate of COVID-19 is affected by age and specific diseases. Breast cancer patients may be more vulnerable to COVID-19 because of having a weakened immune system. In addition, COVI...

Doctors should not evaluate competence to drive.

Doctors as judges: the verdict on responsibility for health.

Smokers, drinkers, animal fat eaters, the inactive and the obese, they are all blamed for their potential ill health by doctors, society and their families, in western societies victim blaming is a widespread phenomenon. Doctors are encouraged or even put under pressure to judge behaviour as a tool to allocate and ration medical procedures, by governments or insurance companies that want to kee...

“Letter to Editor” Should women postpone childbearing during the COVID-19 pandemic?

It is not clear whether women can decide to become pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic or whether they are at risk, because examining the long-term consequences of the virus, especially in the first months of pregnancy, requires further time and research(1). The COVID-19 virus has not been found in the semen and testicles of men infected with the virus in the acute phase or during the recover...