Covid-19 and Social Stigma in Hospitals: A New Epidemic of Signification?

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 st...

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Published in:Medical anthropology 2021-10, Vol.40 (7), p.667-681
Main Author: Muñoz Martínez, Rubén
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
doctors
Epidemics
Hospitals
Mexico
Pandemics
social stigma
Stigma
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0145-9740
1545-5882
DOI:10.1080/01459740.2021.1974021