INDIVIDUAL AND CULTURAL TRAUMA DUE TO COVID-19: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF “DUTY OF CARE” BY DOMINIC PIMENTA

Abstract

COVID-19 was a pandemic that impacted humanity and became a prime reason to change their outlook on life. The chaos created by the pandemic is one reason for the behavioral shift. This paper is based on the comprehensive study of the firsthand account of a doctor, which involves the intricate details engraved within words from the beginning to the end. The research is developed primarily on "Dominic Pimenta's Duty of Care: One NHS Doctor's Story of the COVID-19 Crisis (2020). The selected work tells about the onset of COVID-19, people's attitudes towards it within the UK primarily, and the consequences of the respective behavioral shift. The qualitative textual analysis gives us the details of the change factors. These factors originated from the trauma, which was common to the entire globe and created a wide-scale disruption and is still impacting ordinary life. The study takes cultural and individual trauma theory, certain stylistic devices, and the health belief model to carry out the analysis, aiming to find the type of impact and its association with the trauma represented within this piece of literature.