What makes me tick in the pan(dem)ic
The “pandemic” has come with “panic” embedded within it. The panic among health care workers is enormous. There is a fear of being infected and carrying the infection home to their children and to the extended family. There is a constant tussle between overcoming these fears and stepping forward to...
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description | The “pandemic” has come with “panic” embedded within it. The panic among health care workers is enormous. There is a fear of being infected and carrying the infection home to their children and to the extended family. There is a constant tussle between overcoming these fears and stepping forward to take up responsibilities and duties. The article is a narrative of an ophthalmologist trying to think right and doing what best she can in times of the pandemic. |
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spelling | doaj.art-73c8a233f83741cbadd9e6c3e2e953412022-12-21T19:33:02ZengUniversity College of Medical SciencesResearch and Humanities in Medical Education2350-05652020-06-017151152346What makes me tick in the pan(dem)icUma Kulkarni0Yenepoya Medical College Yenepoya University MangaloreThe “pandemic” has come with “panic” embedded within it. The panic among health care workers is enormous. There is a fear of being infected and carrying the infection home to their children and to the extended family. There is a constant tussle between overcoming these fears and stepping forward to take up responsibilities and duties. The article is a narrative of an ophthalmologist trying to think right and doing what best she can in times of the pandemic.https://www.rhime.in/ojs/index.php/rhime/article/view/346covid-19coronavirusethicspandemicpanicprofesssionalism |
spellingShingle | Uma Kulkarni What makes me tick in the pan(dem)ic Research and Humanities in Medical Education covid-19 coronavirus ethics pandemic panic professsionalism |
title | What makes me tick in the pan(dem)ic |
title_full | What makes me tick in the pan(dem)ic |
title_fullStr | What makes me tick in the pan(dem)ic |
title_full_unstemmed | What makes me tick in the pan(dem)ic |
title_short | What makes me tick in the pan(dem)ic |
title_sort | what makes me tick in the pan dem ic |
topic | covid-19 coronavirus ethics pandemic panic professsionalism |
url | https://www.rhime.in/ojs/index.php/rhime/article/view/346 |
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