Understanding of Stigmatization and Death Amid Covid-19 in India

A Sociological Exploration

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13628459
AutoresSarita Kumari (0000-0003-4687-1058, University of Delhi, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen86
Número4
Páginas1432-1448
Fecha de publicación2021-04-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228211008753
PMID33888012
OpenAlexW3154896385
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias 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