The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a global
health threat. COVID-19 has now infected over 20 million people and claimed more than …

The role of empathy in morality is a subject of ongoing scientific debate due to the lack of
systematic reviews and meta‐analyses on this topic. To address this gap, we conducted a …

Introduction The impact of COVID-19 infection on surgical patients is largely described by
small-cohort studies. This study characterized the risk factors for postoperative mortality …

In this review, we present some ethical imperatives observed in this pandemic from a data
ethics perspective. Our exposition connects recurrent ethical problems in the discipline, such …

Objectives COVID-19 has caused significant surgical delays as institutions minimize patient
exposure to hospital settings and utilization of health care resources. We aimed to assess …

Objective: To Study the Outcomes of the First Virtual General Surgery Certifying Exam of the
American Board of Surgery. Summary of Background Data: The ABS General Surgery CE is …

As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps through the world, the practice of healthcare is
changing. On March 14, 2020, US Surgeon General Jerome Adams recommended that …

The traditional focus in the moral decision-making literature has been on understanding
when and why people choose a utilitarian option versus a deontological option. However …

Background Deferral of surgeries due to COVID-19 has negatively affected access to
elective surgery and may have deleterious consequences for patient's health. Delays in …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has converted the world to a “new normal”
during which nothing is what it was before. By July 2020, over ten million people had been …