“The Only People That Really Understand”: A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Workers’ COVID-19 Experiences and Implications for Workplace Support
Brian En Chyi Lee, Elizabeth M. Clancy, Leanne Boyd, Andrea Reupert, Nicholas F. Taylor, Sherrica Senewiratne, Jade Sheen · 2026
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Brian Lee and co-authors ask health staff who are also parents how the plague years felt at work. The study appeared in 2026. It draws on talks with near forty front-line staff at a big city hospital in Australia. The talks ran across late 2020 and early 2021.
Fast change at work put a hard strain on staff and chiefs alike. The strain hit body, mind, and home ties. Help from peers and chiefs did guard staff, but it piled more load on chiefs. Many staff felt pride in their work. Some felt less cheer in their career path and feared long mind harm. The team maps what kind of help works.
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| CREATOR | Brian En Chyi Lee, Elizabeth M. Clancy, Leanne Boyd, Andrea Reupert, Nicholas F. Taylor, Sherrica Senewiratne, Jade Sheen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |