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- David Scales.
- David Scales (das9289@med.cornell.edu) is a medical sociologist and an assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, in New York, New York. The author thanks Tabitha Decker, Laura Kolbe, Chad Parmet, and Brendan Reilly for helpful comments on early drafts and an anonymous reviewer for their comments and suggested readings. The patient and hospital have not been named to protect confidentiality. All errors remain the author's own. This essay is part of a collection of reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 Aug 1; 39 (8): 1450-1452.
AbstractDuring the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, staffing ratios reached untenable levels.
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