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Not Wasting a Crisis: How Geriatrics Clinical Research Can Remain Engaged During COVID ‐19
Author(s) -
Goh Eileen Fabia,
Tan Cai Ning,
Pek Kalene,
Leong Siyun,
Wong Wei Chin,
Lim Wee Shiong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/jgs.16569
Subject(s) - geriatrics , medicine , institutional review board , pandemic , informed consent , voluntariness , data sharing , distancing , covid-19 , public relations , alternative medicine , psychiatry , disease , law , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
To the Editor: We applaud Nicol et al. for their timely article highlighting the new norm of “action at a distance” for geriatrics clinical research against the backdrop of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Like many countries enforcing physical distancing to flatten the coronavirus curve, Singapore has implemented a critical 8-week circuit breaker period. The apt reminder that we must persist and adapt to help our older patients and study participants reinforces our conviction of “not wasting a crisis” to draw meaningful lessons in an unprecedented calamity. In this letter, we share our 3Rs perspective of how we remain engaged as a geriatrics clinical research institute during the COVID-19 pandemic.