Opening up the ethics lessons of the pandemic: Reflections from Australian Catholic health ethics

On any measure, 2020 has been a challenging year. In Australia, the devastating natural disasters of January and February set this tone early on, and the substantial arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic on our shores in March made upheaval, unpredictability, and complexity core features of 2020. Austral...

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Authors: Fleming, Daniel J. 1986- (Author) ; McIlroy, Philippa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Informit [2021]
In: The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2021, Volume: 98, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-31
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBS Australia; Oceania
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NCA Ethics
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Summary:On any measure, 2020 has been a challenging year. In Australia, the devastating natural disasters of January and February set this tone early on, and the substantial arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic on our shores in March made upheaval, unpredictability, and complexity core features of 2020. Australia has not encountered the large-scale of devastation the pandemic has inflicted elsewhere. However, the grim realities of widespread infection and death on account of the virus, the stress this has placed on our healthcare professionals and infrastructure alongside other human services, and the resulting socioeconomic fall-out from measures to contain the virus are vast.
ISSN:0727-3215
Contains:Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record