'Other patients become a secondary priority:' perceptions of Estonian frontline healthcare professionals on the influence of COVID-19 on health (in)equality and ethical decision-making. (Special Issue: COVID-19 and health inequities: insights from communication research and practice.)
Journal of Communication in Healthcare
; 15(1):54-63, 2022.
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in English
| GIM | ID: covidwho-1890697
ABSTRACT
Background:
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed many challenges to societies, individual healthcare systems and global public health. Manifestations of increasing health inequalities, social stigmatization and challenging ethical decision-making have been previously noticed. The aim of this article is to analyse the perceptions of frontline healthcare professionals regarding the potential impact of COVID-19 on the provision of healthcare services and the ethical challenges it may entail.Method:
This research is a part of a larger research project which was conducted among frontline healthcare professionals in Estonia and used both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. In this article, answers to specific open-ended questions from the questionnaire (n = 116) and in-depth interviews (n = 8) were analysed. For data analysis, inductive content analysis was used. The research was granted ethical approval.
attitudes; beliefs; coronavirus disease 2019; data collection; decision making; emotions; ethics; fearfulness; health care; health care workers; health inequalities; health services; human diseases; information processing; law; medical treatment; pandemics; public health; social status; social stigma; viral diseases; man; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Estonia; Baltic States; Northern Europe; Europe; European Union Countries; high income countries; very high Human Development Index countries; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; privacy; data logging; choice; health disparities; legal aspects; legal principles; SARS-CoV-2; viral infections
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English
Journal:
Journal of Communication in Healthcare
Year:
2022
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