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Articles from IPPO

  1. To Learn the Lessons, the COVID-19 Public Inquiry Must Consider the Experiences of Migrants During the Pandemic 

    To Learn the Lessons, the COVID-19 Public Inquiry Must Consider the Experiences of Migrants During the Pandemic 

    Matteo Besana is the COVID-19 Advocacy Project Lead for Doctors of the World UK Matteo Besana Earlier in the year, the government published the draft Terms of Reference for the forthcoming public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic which will examine the UK Government’s response to the pandemic with the hope of learning the lessons from the pandemic and informing the government’s preparations for the future. Here at Doctors of the World we believe that key to this exercise, and to the work of the Inquiry, is to consider the experiences and the...

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  2. ‘It was brutal. It still is’: a qualitative analysis of the challenges of bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic reported in two national surveys

    ‘It was brutal. It still is’: a qualitative analysis of the challenges of bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic reported in two national surveys

    Anna Torrens-Burton (Cardiff University School of Medicine), Silvia Goss, Eileen Sutton and colleagues examine the difficulties faced by people bereaved during the pandemic (April 2022) Background The COVID-19 pandemic has been a devastating, mass bereavement event characterised by high levels of disruption to end-of-life, grieving and coping processes. Quantitative evidence is emerging on the effects of the pandemic on grief outcomes, but rich qualitative evidence on the lived experiences of people bereaved during these times is lacking. Methods We analysed qualitative data from two independent UK-wide online surveys to describe the experiences...

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