Shahvisi, Arianne and Trueba, Mei (2020) PPE may protect us, but it harms the sweatshop workers who make it. BMJ Blogs, Journal of Medical Ethics Blog.

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Abstract

One of the greatest controversies of the UK coronavirus crisis is the shortage of PPE for NHS workers. Yet most PPE is made in sweatshops, and its production endangers the health of those who make it. Ironically, workers who produce personal protective equipment for others invariably have inadequate protection themselves.

Item Type:	Other
Keywords:	PPE, coronavirus, sweatshops, occupational health, NHS
Schools and Departments:	Brighton and Sussex Medical School > Clinical and Experimental Medicine Brighton and Sussex Medical School > Global Health and Infection
Research Centres and Groups:	Brighton and Sussex Centre for Global Health Research
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics R Medicine
Depositing User:	Mei Trueba
Date Deposited:	12 May 2020 08:52
Last Modified:	12 May 2020 08:52
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/91196

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