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Omega (Westport)
. 2021 Apr 22;302228211008753.
doi: 10.1177/00302228211008753. Online ahead of print.
Understanding of Stigmatization and Death Amid COVID-19 in India: A Sociological Exploration
Sarita Kumari[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The unanticipated outbreak of Coronavirus had proven detrimental to human existence. It had created waves of panic, anxiety, and fear among people hence facilitating stigmatization toward an infected person. This stigmatization further influences patients health-seeking behaviour due to the trust deficit in the public health system. The virus had placed the world in an impotent situation as people helplessly watched their loved ones pass away in the absence of effective treatment. Dead bodies are denied a dignified death due to mandatory guidelines prescribed by countries to control the pandemic. This article attempts to understand the process of stigmatization of Coronavirus and its mechanism of influencing the health-seeking behaviour of people. Moreover, the way this stigmatization, accompanied by fear and anxiety, led to the denial of having a dignified death in India.
Keywords: coronavirus; crematorium and bereaved families; death; health seeking behaviour; stigmatization.
. 2021 Apr 22;302228211008753.
doi: 10.1177/00302228211008753. Online ahead of print.
Understanding of Stigmatization and Death Amid COVID-19 in India: A Sociological Exploration
Sarita Kumari[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33888012
- DOI: 10.1177/00302228211008753
Abstract
The unanticipated outbreak of Coronavirus had proven detrimental to human existence. It had created waves of panic, anxiety, and fear among people hence facilitating stigmatization toward an infected person. This stigmatization further influences patients health-seeking behaviour due to the trust deficit in the public health system. The virus had placed the world in an impotent situation as people helplessly watched their loved ones pass away in the absence of effective treatment. Dead bodies are denied a dignified death due to mandatory guidelines prescribed by countries to control the pandemic. This article attempts to understand the process of stigmatization of Coronavirus and its mechanism of influencing the health-seeking behaviour of people. Moreover, the way this stigmatization, accompanied by fear and anxiety, led to the denial of having a dignified death in India.
Keywords: coronavirus; crematorium and bereaved families; death; health seeking behaviour; stigmatization.