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Our most powerful weapon to fight COVID-19 is patient involvement
Guest commentary: The COVID-19 crisis has brought new urgency to the need for participation by informed patients.
April 10, 2020 9:38 PM UTC
Updated on Apr 11, 2020 at 2:33 AM UTC
The COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted the issue of the patient voice in healthcare and healthcare policy to the front of the global agenda.
From social distancing, quarantines and the wearing of masks, to questions surrounding the urgency of vaccines, hygiene, clinical trials, emergency use authorizations, testing and convalescent plasma, the world has moved beyond general issues like health literacy to a more crucial one -- the role of the patient voice in partnering to save our species from a devastating virus, though informed and active participation...