“…These dilemmas posed questions about whether patients had a right to know the COVID-19 status of other patients and staff, have the autonomy of choosing the type or timing of physical therapy during a health crisis, or decide whether to mask in a clinic space at the expense of compromising others' safety. Dawson and Sim (2012) have suggested that public health ethics requires broadening the professional role of physical therapists by “reorientation of physical therapy professional ethics away from an individual to a more social focus.” ( Dawson and Sim, 2012 ) (p144) Their discussion of balancing individual and common goods, moving away from the “privileged” position of individual autonomy, “justifiable paternalism,” and public engagement were in many ways prescient of the experiences of outpatient physical therapists in this study.…”