Healthcare workers and coronavirus: behind the stiff upper lip we are highly vulnerable

Wingfield, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8433-6887 and Taegtmeyer, Miriam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5377-2536 (2020) 'Healthcare workers and coronavirus: behind the stiff upper lip we are highly vulnerable'. https://theconversation.com/uk.

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Abstract

Much has already been written about the effect of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups, including older people and those with underlying health conditions. Yet there is another vulnerable group that is rarely mentioned in this pandemic: healthcare workers.

Although the exact numbers are not yet clear, thousands of healthcare workers worldwide have caught COVID-19 and many have lost their lives.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	W General Medicine. Health Professions > W 21.5 Allied health personnel. Allied health professions W General Medicine. Health Professions > W 21 Medicine as a profession. WA Public Health > WA 105 Epidemiology WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > General Virus Diseases > WC 500 Virus diseases (General or not elsewhere classified) WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Viral Respiratory Tract Infections. Respirovirus Infections > WC 505 Viral respiratory tract infections
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department
Depositing User:	Stacy Murtagh
Date Deposited:	09 Apr 2020 14:35
Last Modified:	07 Aug 2023 12:40
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/14162

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