Open AccessStigma Linked to COVID-19
Author(s) -
Dooshanveer C Nuckchady
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international neuropsychiatric disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-7235
DOI - 10.9734/indj/2021/v15i130144
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , stigma (botany) , intensive care medicine , deferral , medical emergency , psychiatry , virology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , business , outbreak , accounting
When it is safe to do so, medical professionals should not delay the treatment of patients who present with respiratory difficulties. Stigmatization of such patients can result in the unnecessary deferral of emergency therapy; this may lead to fatalities that could have been avoided.
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