COVID-19 and stigma: Social discrimination towards frontline healthcare providers and COVID-19 recovered patients in Nepal

Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Oct:53:102222. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102222. Epub 2020 Jun 13.

Authors

Rakesh Singh¹, Madhusudan Subedi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal; School of Public Health, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal. Electronic address: rakes4r@gmail.com.
² Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal; School of Public Health, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Discrimination; Healthcare providers; Recovered patients; Stigma.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / psychology
COVID-19* / therapy
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Fear
Health Personnel* / ethics
Health Personnel* / psychology
Humans
Nepal
Psychosocial Support Systems
SARS-CoV-2
Social Discrimination* / ethics
Social Discrimination* / prevention & control
Social Discrimination* / psychology
Social Perception / psychology*
Social Stigma*
Survivors / psychology*