COVID-19 Pandemic and Ageism: A Call for Humanitarian Care

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Aug;68(8):1627-1628. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16663. Epub 2020 Jul 14.

Authors

Christopher C Colenda¹, Charles F Reynolds², William B Applegate³, Philip D Sloane⁴, Sheryl Zimmerman⁴, Anne B Newman⁵, Suzanne Meeks⁶, Joseph G Ouslander³

Affiliations

¹ The West Virginia University Health System, Morgantown, WV, USA.
² American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, USA.
³ Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, USA.
⁴ Journal of American Medical Directors Association, USA.
⁵ Medical Sciences section of The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, USA.
⁶ The Gerontologist, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Ageism / ethics*
Altruism*
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections
Female
Geriatrics / ethics*
Humans
Male
Pandemics / ethics*
Pneumonia, Viral
SARS-CoV-2