Ethical reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic: The epidemiology of panic

David Isaacs^{1

2

3}, Philip N Britton^{1

2

3}, Anne Preisz^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology and Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Department of Clinical Ethics, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

David Isaacs et al. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;56(5):690-691.

doi: 10.1111/jpc.14882. Epub 2020 May 14.

David Isaacs^{1

2

3}, Philip N Britton^{1

2

3}, Anne Preisz^{2

4}

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology and Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Department of Clinical Ethics, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Comment in

Letter to the Editor.
Nunn K. Nunn K. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020 May;56(5):826. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14881. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020. PMID: 32416052 No abstract available.

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