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RPS guidance on ethical, professional decision making in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dr Matthew Boyd MRPharmS, Associate Professor in Patient Safety and Pharmacy Practice, University of Nottingham, Vice Chair, Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association.

On behalf of the RPS short life working group on Ethical, professional decision making in the COVID-19 pandemic.

^{First published: 8 April 2020
Updated: 13 May 2022}

Maintaining patient safety
Maintaining the safety of staff and volunteers
Working outside normal areas of specialism and/or competence
Allocating scarce supplies of medicines and devices
Following of legislative requirements
Record keeping
Direct and indirect discrimination in decision making
Moral Distress
Managing patients remotely
Procurement and distribution
Leadership
Research/Experimental treatments
Repurposing of medicines
Learning and improvement

Ethical decisions COVID-19 Short Life Working Group

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