THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC has brought inspired scenes of heroic health care providers engaged in an all-out effort to save lives. But what about helping those at the end of life have a good death? CommonWealth Magazine · Coronavirus and our unease with end of life questions Many of those dying from COVID-19 are elderly patients in […]
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Coronavirus spotlights unease about end-of-life issues
The coronavirus pandemic has brought inspired scenes of heroic health care providers engaged in an all-out effort to save lives. But what about helping those at the end of life have a good death? CommonWealth Magazine · Coronavirus and our unease with end of life questions Many of those dying from COVID-19 are elderly patients […]
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State revises regs on crisis care
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION revised its voluntary guidelines for who should receive scarce treatments like ventilators during the COVID-19 crisis by prioritizing those likely to survive for the next five years and ignoring longer-term health outcomes. The change downplays underlying conditions that might not hinder a person’s ability to recover in the short-term but could in the […]
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State revises regs on crisis care
The Baker administration revised its voluntary guidelines for who should receive scarce treatments like ventilators during the COVID-19 crisis by prioritizing those likely to survive for the next five years and ignoring longer-term health outcomes. The change downplays underlying conditions that might not hinder a person’s ability to recover in the short-term but could in […]
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Baker accused of misplaced COVID-19 priorities
Two leading officials in the state’s nursing home industry said on The Codcast that the Baker administration focused too much attention in the early stages of the COVID-19 crisis on hospitals and not enough on long-term care facilities. “The state has done a tremendous job of focusing on hospital surge and doing all we can […]
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Baker accused of misplaced COVID-19 priorities
Two leading officials in the state’s nursing home industry said on The Codcast that the Baker administration focused too much attention in the early stages of the COVID-19 crisis on hospitals and not enough on long-term care facilities. “The state has done a tremendous job of focusing on hospital surge and doing all we can […]
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Coronavirus disproportionately hitting blacks and Latinos
IT IS BOTH A shocking but also utterly predictable new chapter in the unfolding coronavirus saga. The pandemic sweeping the country appears to be exacting a particularly high toll in black and Latino communities, where both infection rates and deaths appear to be far out of proportion to the groups’ share of the overall population. A […]
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Coronavirus disproportionately hitting blacks and Latinos
It is both a shocking but also utterly predictable new chapter in the unfolding coronavirus saga. The pandemic sweeping the country appears to be exacting a particularly high toll in black and Latino communities, where both infection rates and deaths appear to be far out of proportion to the groups’ share of the overall population. […]
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Catch-22 on coronavirus tests
IT’S A HARROWING STORY. You have most of the symptoms of coronavirus. You’ve self-quarantined at home for two weeks. You’re not getting any better. But the local hospital can’t test you for the disease until you’re in intensive care. This is what Boston microbiologist Amy Proal described Monday night on Twitter as she posted about her two-week […]
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Catch-22 on coronavirus tests
It’s a harrowing story. You have most of the symptoms of coronavirus. You’ve self-quarantined at home for two weeks. You’re not getting any better. But the local hospital can’t test you for the disease until you’re in intensive care. This is what Boston microbiologist Amy Proal described Monday night on Twitter as she posted about her […]