‘We are not the virus’: stigmatization and discrimination against frontline health workers
Author(s) -
Jeff Clyde G. Corpuz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdab031
Subject(s) - stigma (botany) , pandemic , government (linguistics) , covid-19 , public health , health care , social stigma , criminology , public relations , medicine , political science , nursing , psychology , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychiatry , law , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, several forms of stigma and discrimination have been reported worldwide mainly from toward Asian descent, those with international travel history, and frontline health workers. In response to the situation of stigmatization and discrimination against frontline healthcare workers, the author proposes several ways on how the public and the Philippine government might create safety guidelines by revisiting the international and local laws. Thus, there is an urgent need to end the stigma, discrimination and other forms of inhumane treatment against our frontline health workers. They are not the virus.
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