Beltran-Aroca, C MGonzález-Tirado, MGirela-López, E2023-02-092023-02-092020-11-28http://hdl.handle.net/10668/16842Public health emergencies, such as the current SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, have led to tragic resource constraints that prevent lives from being saved. This has led to tensions in patient-centered care as the backbone of the system in normal conditions and the same care in emergencies originating in the COVID-19. In this review we address some of the healthcare, organizational and ethical problems that this scenario has caused in primary care such as: cancellation of programmed activities; scarce home care and follow-up of elderly, chronically ill and immobilized patients; shortage of PPE and the exposure to risk of healthcare professionals, and finally the problems associated with telemedicine and telephone attention to patients.esAtención primariaEthical issuesPandemiaPandemicPrimary careProblemas éticosSARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)TelemedicinaTelemedicineCOVID-19Health Care RationingHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Services for the AgedHumansInfection ControlPandemicsPersonal Protective EquipmentPrimary Health CareQuality of Health CareSpainTelemedicineresearch article33358090open access10.1016/j.semerg.2020.11.0021578-8865PMC7698820https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semerg.2020.11.002https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7698820/pdf