The COVID-19 Pandemic and Ethical Challenges Posed by Neoliberal Healthcare

Christopher Ahlbach¹, Teresa King², Elizabeth Dzeng^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
² California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Liz.dzeng@ucsf.edu.
⁴ Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Liz.dzeng@ucsf.edu.

Editorial

Christopher Ahlbach et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;36(1):205-206.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06316-w. Epub 2020 Oct 27.

Christopher Ahlbach¹, Teresa King², Elizabeth Dzeng^{3

4}

¹ School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
² California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Liz.dzeng@ucsf.edu.
⁴ Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Liz.dzeng@ucsf.edu.

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Conflict of interest statement

None of the authors have any conflicts of interest to report.

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