Life or limb: an international qualitative study on decision making in sarcoma surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Samantha BunzliPenny O'BrienWill AstonMiguel A AyerzaLester ChanStephane CherixJorge de Las HerasDavide DonatiUwale EyesanNicola FabbriMichelle GhertThomas HiltonOluwaseyi Kayode IdowuJungo ImanishiAjay PuriPeter RoseDundar SabahRobert TurcotteKristy WeberMichelle M DowseyPeter F M ChoongPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
In the context of rapidly changing standards of justice and beneficence in patient care, traditional decision-making frameworks may no longer apply. Based on the experiences of surgeons in this study, we describe a framework of least-worst decision making. This framework gives rise to actionable strategies that can support decision making in sarcoma and other specialised fields of surgery, both during the current crisis and beyond.