TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 and Quality of Life
T2 - Twelve Reflections
AU - Shek, Daniel T.L.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Samantha D. Rencher, Suzette Smith and Queen E. Rodgers for excellent technical assistance. This work was supported in part by USPHS grants R01-CA57419 and P30-CA21765, the Assisi Foundation and by the American Lebanese Syrian Associated
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/1/6
Y1 - 2021/1/6
N2 - COVID-19 has severely affected the world since December 2020. Because of its sudden onset and highly contagious nature, the world has responded in a “crisis management” manner. With effective vaccines almost available, it is appropriate at this time to have some reflections about COVID-19 in relation to the quality of life issues. In this paper, we highlight twelve issues for reflection, which can help us better prepared for future pandemics. These include: digital divide, health inequality, gender inequality, economic disadvantage, family well-being, impact on holistic well-being, economic development versus saving lives, consumption versus environmental protection, individual rights versus collective rights, international collaboration versus conflict, prevention of negative well-being, and promotion of positive well-being.
AB - COVID-19 has severely affected the world since December 2020. Because of its sudden onset and highly contagious nature, the world has responded in a “crisis management” manner. With effective vaccines almost available, it is appropriate at this time to have some reflections about COVID-19 in relation to the quality of life issues. In this paper, we highlight twelve issues for reflection, which can help us better prepared for future pandemics. These include: digital divide, health inequality, gender inequality, economic disadvantage, family well-being, impact on holistic well-being, economic development versus saving lives, consumption versus environmental protection, individual rights versus collective rights, international collaboration versus conflict, prevention of negative well-being, and promotion of positive well-being.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Quality of life
KW - Reflections
KW - Well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099024229&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11482-020-09898-z
DO - 10.1007/s11482-020-09898-z
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85099024229
SN - 1871-2584
VL - 16
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Applied Research in Quality of Life
JF - Applied Research in Quality of Life
IS - 1
ER -
