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Ethical Dilemmas in the Management of Head and Neck Cancers in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as an unforeseen challenge for head and neck cancer care providers. A similar challenge is also faced by other oncological fields, but the severity of this challenge is highest in otolaryngology because of the need for additional precautionary measures...

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Autores principales: Dhanani, Rahim, Wasif, Muhammad, Pasha, Hamdan Ahmed, Ghaloo, Shayan Khalid, Hussain, Muntazir, Shah Vardag, Abdul Basit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9103564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35634234
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tao.2022.2021-11-7
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description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as an unforeseen challenge for head and neck cancer care providers. A similar challenge is also faced by other oncological fields, but the severity of this challenge is highest in otolaryngology because of the need for additional precautionary measures and curbs on the possibility of aerosol forming interventions related to the upper aerodigestive tract. In this narrative review, provision of ethical and consistent care on moral and professional grounds to head and neck cancer patients during the pandemic are discussed for professionals who provide head and neck oncology care.
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spelling pubmed-91035642022-05-26 Ethical Dilemmas in the Management of Head and Neck Cancers in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic Dhanani, Rahim Wasif, Muhammad Pasha, Hamdan Ahmed Ghaloo, Shayan Khalid Hussain, Muntazir Shah Vardag, Abdul Basit Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol Review Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as an unforeseen challenge for head and neck cancer care providers. A similar challenge is also faced by other oncological fields, but the severity of this challenge is highest in otolaryngology because of the need for additional precautionary measures and curbs on the possibility of aerosol forming interventions related to the upper aerodigestive tract. In this narrative review, provision of ethical and consistent care on moral and professional grounds to head and neck cancer patients during the pandemic are discussed for professionals who provide head and neck oncology care. Galenos Publishing 2022-03 2022-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9103564/ /pubmed/35634234 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tao.2022.2021-11-7 Text en ©Copyright 2022 by Official Journal of the Turkish Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Content of this journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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