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The Way We Live Now

This is a personal account of one man’s experience of the months during which COVID-19 spread in Australia. Though personal, it aims to also be representative, so that readers will find in it reflections of their own experiences. Various social incidents are described, some in which social distancin...

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Autor principal: Wiltshire, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Singapore 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7651832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33169268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-10066-z
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spelling pubmed-76518322020-11-10 The Way We Live Now Wiltshire, John J Bioeth Inq Symposium: COVID-19 This is a personal account of one man’s experience of the months during which COVID-19 spread in Australia. Though personal, it aims to also be representative, so that readers will find in it reflections of their own experiences. Various social incidents are described, some in which social distancing is involved. The altering states of the author’s mind as time passes are carefully described in sequence, and the impact of continued anxiety and isolation on his mental well-being is presented as a form of madness, in one dramatic incident. Springer Singapore 2020-11-09 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7651832/ /pubmed/33169268 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-10066-z Text en © Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Pty Ltd. 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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