Telepsychiatry in the Age of COVID: Some Ethical Considerations

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a rapid escalation in the use of telepsychiatry. Herein we revisit some of the ethical issues regarding its use, including patient benefice, distributive justice, privacy, and autonomy. Based on these considerations we would hold that telepsychiatry is a vital...

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Autores principales: CHIN, H. PAUL, PALCHIK, GUILLERMO
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7378367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32576319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0963180120000523
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a rapid escalation in the use of telepsychiatry. Herein we revisit some of the ethical issues regarding its use, including patient benefice, distributive justice, privacy, and autonomy. Based on these considerations we would hold that telepsychiatry is a vital aspect of providing psychiatric care, and ethically should be offered as a format for treatment, likely beyond the pandemic period. Investigative and advocacy efforts will need to continue to determine its exact role within psychiatric care, and expand its availability for those most in need.
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spelling pubmed-73783672020-07-27 Telepsychiatry in the Age of COVID: Some Ethical Considerations CHIN, H. PAUL PALCHIK, GUILLERMO Camb Q Healthc Ethics Research Article The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a rapid escalation in the use of telepsychiatry. Herein we revisit some of the ethical issues regarding its use, including patient benefice, distributive justice, privacy, and autonomy. Based on these considerations we would hold that telepsychiatry is a vital aspect of providing psychiatric care, and ethically should be offered as a format for treatment, likely beyond the pandemic period. Investigative and advocacy efforts will need to continue to determine its exact role within psychiatric care, and expand its availability for those most in need. Cambridge University Press 2020-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7378367/ /pubmed/32576319 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0963180120000523 Text en © Cambridge University Press 2020 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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