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Ethical issues, breakdown during COVID-19 pandemic era in upper and lower Egypt

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Tags

• Medical Law, Medical Ethics, Medical Malpractice

Abstract

Background: Outbreaks of infectious disease are also marked by sociocultural unrest, and a general atmosphere of fear and mistrust. On 30 January 2020, a COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) epidemic was declared an international public health emergency, this outbreak provoked a negative association, social stigma and a discriminatory behavior against people of certain ethnic foundations as well as anybody seen to have been in contact with the infection. Aim of the study: The goal of this study is to concentrate on the relationships between stigma evoked during the COVID-19 pandemic, breaking the privacy and confidentiality of infected individuals and job affection, social harm, seeking health assistance and also promoting awareness of these issues among Egyptians. Method: A comparative cross-sectional study questionnaire on a random sample of 500 respondents (250 for each) conducted at Benha city and Assiut city, Egypt. Results: Respondents to the questionnaire revealed that 60.0% of Upper Egypt preferred to home quarantine while (53.2%) of Lower Egypt preferred hospital quarantine. Most respondents from both Upper and Lower Egypt agreed to do COVID-19 PCR (Polymerase chain reaction) test. In addition, respondents in Upper and Lower Egypt declined to publish their names because participants in Upper Egypt related their refuse due to affection on their social lives while participants in Lower Egypt refused to publish their names because of a violation of their privacy. Conclusion: COVID-19 infection pandemic has a negative effect on the ethical issues as confidentiality breakdown of patients, emergence of stigma, economic and social implications.

DOI

10.21608/ejfsat.2020.37013.1160

Keywords

COVID-19 Outbreak, Ethical issues, patient's privacy, Hospital quarantine, Home isolation

Authors

First Name

Haidy

Last Name

Fakher

MiddleName

mohammed

Affiliation

benha faculty of medicine

Email

aafakher@gmail.com

City

Benha

Orcid

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First Name

Eman

Last Name

Shaltout

MiddleName

Salah El-din

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and clinical toxicology Faulty of Medicine, Assiut University,Egypt

Email

emansalahshaltout@aun.edu.eg

City

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Orcid

0000-0001-8963-0356

Volume

20

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

16697

Issue Date

2020-09-01

Receive Date

2020-07-25

Publish Date

2020-09-01

Page Start

89

Page End

98

Print ISSN

1687-0875

Online ISSN

2535-1915

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https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/article_119310.html

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8

Type

Original Article

Type Code

429

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology

Publication Link

https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/

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Created At

22 Jan 2023