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‘Healthcare Heroes’: problems with media focus on heroism from healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Correspondence to Dr Caitríona L Cox, The Healthcare Improvement Studies (THIS) Institute, Cambridge CB2 0AH, UK; caitriona.cox{at}nhs.net
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‘Healthcare Heroes’: problems with media focus on heroism from healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
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- Received May 6, 2020
- Revised June 1, 2020
- Accepted June 3, 2020
- First published June 16, 2020.
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July 23, 2020
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