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Out-of-Hours
Published in James Sherifi, General Practice Under the NHS, 2023
Being on call not only affected the doctor but also the family. The doctor was self-centered, anxious, paranoid, and ill-tempered. As far as it existed, communication between members of the family was limited and terse. The children learned to keep out of the way of adults on such days. In the era before mobile phones, the spouse and, therefore, the children were confined to the house to answer the phone. In winter, this might have been acceptable, but on a hot summer’s day, the family felt imprisoned. The situation marginally improved with the arrival of cordless phones in the 1980s. They extended the cordon sanitaire from the confines of the house, to include the garden. Their introduction saved many a marriage. The nights remained as disrupted for the spouse as for the partner. Invariably, a call from a patient would come in whilst the doctor was already out on another call. The doctor had to keep loose change about their person and be ready to phone home from a public call box, to save a journey in and then back out again. Nobody rested.
COVID-19 and Global Public Goods
Published in Rui Nunes, Healthcare as a Universal Human Right, 2022
Never since World War II has humanity faced a global challenge such as the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been a challenge for patients, healthcare professionals, and society at large. As a global uncontrolled phenomenon and a public health emergency, the first response was to temporarily uphold basic liberties and fundamental rights through the approval of specific legislation that empowers governments to do so. Even in advanced democracies, basic liberties were upheld to contain the spread of the virus. Immediately, all over the world, travel restrictions within a country and between countries were implemented, including quarantine and mass testing of travelers and lockdowns of countries, regions, and cities was the norm. Cordon sanitaire and mass quarantine were regular practices. Further, strict physical distancing between citizens with the goal of flattening the epidemic curve and controlling the pandemic was imposed (Gostin et al. 2020).
Authoritarianism, Outbreaks, and Information Politics
Published in William C. Cockerham, Geoffrey B. Cockerham, The COVID-19 Reader, 2020
On the surface, the power of authoritarianism is on display in China’s response to 2019-nCoV. The Huanan seafood market suspected as the outbreak source was closed and decontaminated within a day of the announcement. Within 3 days of confirmed human-to-human transmission, with cases rising and the world’s largest mass travel event underway for the lunar new year Spring Festival, the Chinese Government imposed an unprecedented cordon sanitaire. Movement of more than 50 million people across Hubei province was rapidly restricted, curtailing transportation inside cities and outbound transportation by air, train, and bus.4 Authorities halted Spring Festival celebrations in Beijing and restricted movement into other major cities. Two 1,000-bed hospitals were built within days. These moves reflect a level of control only available to authoritarian governments. WHO officials have congratulated China for setting “a new standard for outbreak response.”5
The effects of mandatory home quarantine on mental health in a community sample during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published in Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 2023
Kari I. Aaltonen, Suoma Saarni, Matti Holi, Markus Paananen
The findings should be interpreted considering the study context, strengths, and limitations. In Finland, a state of emergency was declared between 18 March and 16 June to address the COVID-19 outbreak [33]. Measures taken included closures of schools and public facilities, restriction of public gatherings, recommendations for working remotely, and maintaining quarantine-like conditions for persons over 70 years of age. A cordon sanitaire was established around the most populous region of Finland (Uusimaa), also containing the study area, between 27 March and 15 April. It is assumed that because of early responses, this first outbreak was relatively restricted, and overloading of healthcare resources was avoided. Even though the outcome of the first outbreak turned out to be favorable, at that time, were these measures exceptional and the nature and course of the epidemic mostly unknown.
Shared voices of Filipino occupational therapists during the COVID-19 pandemic: reflections from an online forum
Published in World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin, 2020
Michael P. Sy, Roi Charles S. Pineda, Daryl Patrick G. Yao, Camille Anne L. Guevara, Rod Charlie Delos Reyes, Irish Mae Castro
The Philippines is among the countries with a rapidly increasing number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Western Pacific region (World Health Organization [WHO], 2020). After the WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic, the Philippine national government was one of the first countries in Asia to have imposed cordon sanitaire along with rigorous physical distancing protocol to slow the spread of the virus. These public health measures restricted mobility of the population and suspended activities of non-essential businesses across the country. While necessary, the abruptness of its implementation has led to unemployment and physical and social isolation, which may impact on people’s health and well-being (Zhang et al., 2020).
Vexing, Veiled, and Inequitable: Social Distancing and the “Rights” Divide in the Age of COVID-19
Published in The American Journal of Bioethics, 2020
Amy Fairchild, Lawrence Gostin, Ronald Bayer
The classic American example of a race-based cordon sanitaire—the lockdown of an entire area—comes from San Francisco at the turn of the 20th century. In 1900, the operators of a shabby hotel in Chinatown found Chick Gin, a local resident, dead in the hotel’s basement. At the first suspicion that he died of plague, city officials ordered the evacuation of all white residents. Chinese residents, in contrast, were blockaded inside the district’s perimeter (Craddock 2000, 126–128). A federal court struck down the lockdown, saying it operated “with an evil eye and an unequal hand” (Yick Wo v. Hopkins 1886).