COVID-19 and Primary Care: Taking Stock

Journal article

The Lancet Commission report on COVID-19 recently described a “staggering” death toll (approaching 7 million at the time of writing)[1][1] and declared the pandemic response “a massive global failure at multiple levels.”[2][2] How did this tragedy happen—and to what extent did primary care.

Authors: Greenhalgh, T

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Annals of Family Medicine
• Journal: Annals of Family Medicine
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-3
• Publication date: 2023-01-23
• DOI: 10.1370/afm.2935
• EISSN: 1544-1717
• ISSN: 1544-1709
• Language: English
• Keywords: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Environmental health; Commission; Infectious disease (medical specialty); Tragedy (event); Medicine; Toll; Immunology; Pathology; Pandemic; Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Death toll; Law; Virology; Medical emergency; Primary care; Family medicine