Covid-19 and social stigma in hospitals:a new epidemic of signification?

Muñoz Martínez, Rubén

Muñoz Martínez, Rubén.

Muñoz Martínez R; Department of Medical Anthropology (MD/PhD Program), Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores En Antropología Social (CIESAS), Ciudad de México, México.

Med Anthropol ; 40(7): 667-681, 2021 10.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1404904

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Little is known about COVID-19 related stigma and its specific impact both on medical staff and on the care they provide in hospitals in Mexico. In this article I highlight the stigma that doctors who treat COVID-19 in Mexico City hospitals both experience and practice; explore the impact of that stigma on the care they provide and on their own suffering; and describe and discuss how they respond to it. Anthropological knowledge elucidates opportunities to encourage this new "epidemic of signification" related to stigma to become a pandemic of dignity.

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COVID-19; Social Stigma; Anthropology, Medical; Hospitals; Humans; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2

Keywords

COVID-19; Mexico; doctors; hospitals; social stigma

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Social Stigma / COVID-19 Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Med Anthropol Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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