Journal des maladies infectieuses et du traitement Libre accès

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COVID-19: Impetus and Catalyst for an Ethical Imperative for Global Collaboration

Madeleine Schachter

COVID-19 vividly illustrates the critical need to commit steadfastly to global biomedical ethics as an ethical imperative for the prevention and treatment of disease. We confront the pandemic against a rising tide of political and cultural nationalist sentiment that impede collaboration and multilateralism But our integrity and indeed our very self-preservation depend upon a moral obligation to the global community. While the virus ubiquity highlights this ethical imperative, the practice of medicine generally demands this commitment.

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