Open AccessOtolaryngologists and the Doctor‐Patient Relationship during a Pandemic
Author(s) -
Hogikyan Norman D.,
Shuman Andrew G.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.232
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1097-6817
pISSN - 0194-5998
DOI - 10.1177/0194599820922990
Subject(s) - mandate , pandemic , covid-19 , public health , medicine , public relations , psychology , family medicine , political science , nursing , law , virology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , outbreak
The COVID‐19 pandemic has forced otolaryngologists and their patients to confront issues that they have rarely if ever previously faced. Prominent among these is the need to put the collective good ahead of the interests of individual patients with otolaryngologic disorders. We argue that the individual doctor‐patient relationship remains paramount even at a time when public health principles mandate systems‐level thinking.