Since February 2020, the Italian National Healthcare System had to mitigate the possibility of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission to vulnerable patients. Healthcare professionals rapidly reviewed their workflow to maintain a safe and high standard treatment, but weak scientific evidences and organizational limits resulted in the adoption of heterogeneous measures. Adherence to screening protocols and follow-up programs pregnant women and oncological patients has not been always guaranteed: this scenario could evolve in an enormous number of medico-legal actions. This context, showing the weakness of the Italian law No. 24/2017, imposes an urgent reorganization of the legal framework to homogenize the judgements to “protect” healthcare professionals involved in this epochal emergency.
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Oliva, A., Lazzaro, M. C., Vetrugno, G., Foti, F., Grassi, S., Siodambro, C., … Arduini, D. (2021). Future medico-legal implications on obstetrics and gynaecology practice in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Italian Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 33(4), 263–274. https://doi.org/10.36129/jog.33.04.07
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