When Deaths Are Dehumanized: Deathcare During COVID-19 as a Public Value Failure

Zavattaro, Staci M.; Entress, Rebecca; Tyler, Jenna; Sadiq, Abdul‐Akeem

doi:10.1177/00953997211023185

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“…The pandemic has precipitated a series of losses, both individually and collectively 22 . We have lost our sense of safety, livelihoods, lives, and loved ones 22,23 . Deaths have been dehumanized, often occurring in isolation, with infection control protocols restricting access of family members.…”

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Same storm, different boat: The global impact of COVID‐19 on palliative care

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The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a complex and profound impact on the provision of palliative care globally. To support learning from palliative care providers and researchers worldwide, the Education Subcommittee of International Psycho‐Oncology Society (IPOS) Palliative Care Special Interest Group developed a webinar with presentations by and discussion with eight international palliative care leaders. Presentations were content rich; the speakers used both quantitative (e.g., sharing recent statistical findings) and qualitative (e.g., narrative storytelling, anecdotal experiences) approaches to portray the effect of COVID‐19 in their region. Subsequent to the webinar, the committee collectively identified five themes conveyed by the presenters through consensus. The themes included: 1) altered accessibility to palliative care, with socio‐economic status impacting virtual health availability; 2) reduced opportunities to preserve dignity, as survival has been prioritized over preserving the humanity of patients and their loved ones; 3) complicated grief and bereavement arising from social distancing requirements; 4) greater awareness of the importance of sustaining health provider well‐being; and 5) the development of valuable innovations across nations, institutions, disciplines, and communities. Overall, the webinar facilitated valuable connection for global learning and identified opportunities for research and clinical interventions. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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“…22 We have lost our sense of safety, livelihoods, lives, and loved ones. 22,23 Deaths have been dehumanized, often occurring in isolation, with infection control protocols restricting access of family members. In this way, the pandemic has amplified suffering, putting the world at risk of complicated grief and bereavement.…”

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Same storm, different boat: The global impact of COVID‐19 on palliative care

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“…The poor mental health consequences are large because, during the COVID‐19 pandemic, economic productivity was valued over humanistic responses (Zavattaro et al, 2021 ). In essence, there has been a lack of humanity ingrained in COVID‐19 responses, including that of death care (Entress, Stacie, et al, 2020 ; Zavattaro et al, 2021 ).…”

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Inequity after death: Exploring the equitable utilization of FEMA's COVID‐19 funeral assistance funds

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Tyler²,

Abdul‐Akeem

2022

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As of March 2021, the United States had nearly 1 million COVID‐19 deaths. To aid families, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) established the Funeral Assistance Program. Using publicly available data, we examine the equitable utilization of FEMA's COVID‐19 Funeral Assistance Program funding. Results show a significant relationship between FEMA COVID‐19 Funeral Assistance Program funding and some, but not all, social vulnerability components. Specifically, counties with higher percentages of the population with disabilities and higher percentages of minorities receive lower amounts of funding per 100,000 residents. These findings suggest that FEMA's equity efforts are not fully materializing regarding the utilization of the FEMA COVID‐19 Funeral Assistance Program funding among socially vulnerable groups. FEMA should broaden its social equity outreach and priorities for those not traditionally considered in social equity discussions, such as people with disabilities while continuing efforts toward traditional social equity.

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“…For instance, qualifying the COVID-19 as the "Wuhan virus" or even "the Chinese virus" as done by several American officials and media outlets is likely to activate identity-related interpretations and the accompanying dynamics of in-group favoritism and out-group prejudice and stigmatization. These effects were evidenced by a subsequent increase in xenophobic incidents and a degradation of US-China relations (Zavattaro et al, 2021). According to Webel (2020) "in addition to inflaming racism, emphasizing the foreign or external origins of a disease [e.g., the Indian variant] influences how people understand their own risk of disease and whether they change their behavior."…”

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Harnessing the Power of Words to Address the COVID-19 Crisis

Farrow

Grolleau

Mzoughi

2022

Administration & Society

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Behavioral public administration theory suggests that seemingly irrelevant word choice manipulations can influence behavior. We contend that the power of words has frequently been overlooked in the COVID-19 crisis. Given that most decisions mobilize System 1 cognition, words can be an important tool in pursuing socially-desirable outcomes. Beyond their substantive content, words choice matters because language operates largely via automatic processes. Based on findings from this literature, words can be harnessed to induce behavioral change aligned with public health objectives. We elucidate several mechanisms through which these effects are likely to occur and suggests concrete applications to the COVID-19 crisis.

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When Deaths Are Dehumanized: Deathcare During COVID-19 as a Public Value Failure

Cited by 10 publications

References 54 publications

Same storm, different boat: The global impact of COVID‐19 on palliative care

Same storm, different boat: The global impact of COVID‐19 on palliative care

Inequity after death: Exploring the equitable utilization of FEMA's COVID‐19 funeral assistance funds

Harnessing the Power of Words to Address the COVID-19 Crisis

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