Year: 2020
Type: editorial
Abstract: This issue of the ACTA supplement for Health Professionals is released to press while the healthcare professionals are providing their utmost commitment to tackle a historic health emergency that, originating in a region of China, is involving the regions of Northern Italy and gradually many other regions of Italy, Europe, and the whole world.Doctors, nurses, midwives, rehabilitators, health technicians, but also psychologists and social workers are collaborating side by side to provide due care to the patients and to slow the progress of Coronavirus CoVid 19 infection.Many researchers are engaged in the study of the characteristics of the virus, unknown to most until a few months ago, to identify possible specific therapies and to develop a vaccine useful for humans.The lack of scientific references and epidemiological certainties has determined a climate of collective panic and has severely tested the ability of political and health institutions to take adequate and shared measures.Coronavirus is the main topic of television and radio broadcasts, of the mass media in general, but also of the speeches of citizens of the concerned areas.Our team is not far behind, in fact by writing this editorial we are commenting on what is happening and, among other things, we are considering that this unexpected event highlights the importance of some issues that this journal has been dealing with for some time.One of them is the importance of scientific research in the specific professional areas of the healthcare.These professionals are used to considering scientific research as a prerogative of the medical profession and topics such as assistance to the person, the
Institution: University of Parma
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
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