Role of doctors in epidemics: historical perspectives and implications for COVID-19

Donatella Lippi¹, Raffaella Bianucci^{2

3

4}, Simon Donell⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
² Warwick Medical School, Biomedical Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. raffaella.bianucci@unito.it.
³ Legal Medicine Section, Department of Public Health and Paediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Corso Galileo Galilei 22, 10126, Turin, Italy. raffaella.bianucci@unito.it.
⁴ UMR 7268, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Bio-culturelle, Droit, Etique & Santé (Adés), Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille, France. raffaella.bianucci@unito.it.
⁵ Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Donatella Lippi et al. Intern Emerg Med. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;15(5):883-884.

doi: 10.1007/s11739-020-02351-x. Epub 2020 May 10.

Donatella Lippi¹, Raffaella Bianucci^{2

3

4}, Simon Donell⁵

¹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
² Warwick Medical School, Biomedical Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. raffaella.bianucci@unito.it.
³ Legal Medicine Section, Department of Public Health and Paediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Corso Galileo Galilei 22, 10126, Turin, Italy. raffaella.bianucci@unito.it.
⁴ UMR 7268, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Bio-culturelle, Droit, Etique & Santé (Adés), Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille, France. raffaella.bianucci@unito.it.
⁵ Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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