Understanding of Stigmatization and Death Amid Covid-19 in India

A Sociological Exploration

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13628459
AutoresSarita Kumari (0000-0003-4687-1058, University of Delhi, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume86
Fascículo4
Páginas1432-1448
Data de publicação2021-04-22
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228211008753
PMID33888012
OpenAlexW3154896385
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas21

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

Anxiety · Coronavirus · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Criminology · Death anxiety · Denial · Disease · Moral panic · Pandemic · Panic · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Public health · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy