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Reflections on the Concomitants of the Restrictive Visitation Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ubuntu Perspective
Caregiving is a prominent concept in the Ubuntu philosophy, and caring and visitation of the sick is regarded as an example of Ubuntu. The restrictive visitation policy adopted in the hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affected the exhibition of this concept among pati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8767091/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35071401 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.769199 |
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author | Mulaudzi, Fhumulani Mavis Anokwuru, Rafiat Ajoke Du-Plessis, Moselene A. R. Lebese, Rachael T. |
author_facet | Mulaudzi, Fhumulani Mavis Anokwuru, Rafiat Ajoke Du-Plessis, Moselene A. R. Lebese, Rachael T. |
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description | Caregiving is a prominent concept in the Ubuntu philosophy, and caring and visitation of the sick is regarded as an example of Ubuntu. The restrictive visitation policy adopted in the hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affected the exhibition of this concept among patients, nurses, and families. The narrative inquiry was used to explore the reflections of the participants on the impact caused by the non-visitation policy experienced during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. The narrative inquiry approach allowed the participants to tell their story as it is unique to them. The study used purposive sampling technique to select five participants for the webinar. Three themes emerged from the narrated stories which are 1) moral anguish of the caregivers; 2) mental health instability, and 3) erosion of trust in health care practitioners (HCPs). The non-visitation hospital policy was intended to reduce the danger of spreading COVID-19 within and outside the hospital; however, the care provided was devoid of the values of Ubuntu such as mutual respect, relational, responsibility, reciprocity, and interconnectedness. In retrospect, a case-by-case application of the policy would reduce the non-desirable effect of the policy on the patients, nurses, and patients' family members. |
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spelling | pubmed-87670912022-01-20 Reflections on the Concomitants of the Restrictive Visitation Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ubuntu Perspective Mulaudzi, Fhumulani Mavis Anokwuru, Rafiat Ajoke Du-Plessis, Moselene A. R. Lebese, Rachael T. Front Sociol Sociology Caregiving is a prominent concept in the Ubuntu philosophy, and caring and visitation of the sick is regarded as an example of Ubuntu. The restrictive visitation policy adopted in the hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affected the exhibition of this concept among patients, nurses, and families. The narrative inquiry was used to explore the reflections of the participants on the impact caused by the non-visitation policy experienced during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. The narrative inquiry approach allowed the participants to tell their story as it is unique to them. The study used purposive sampling technique to select five participants for the webinar. Three themes emerged from the narrated stories which are 1) moral anguish of the caregivers; 2) mental health instability, and 3) erosion of trust in health care practitioners (HCPs). The non-visitation hospital policy was intended to reduce the danger of spreading COVID-19 within and outside the hospital; however, the care provided was devoid of the values of Ubuntu such as mutual respect, relational, responsibility, reciprocity, and interconnectedness. In retrospect, a case-by-case application of the policy would reduce the non-desirable effect of the policy on the patients, nurses, and patients' family members. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8767091/ /pubmed/35071401 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.769199 Text en Copyright © 2022 Mulaudzi, Anokwuru, Du-Plessis and Lebese. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Sociology Mulaudzi, Fhumulani Mavis Anokwuru, Rafiat Ajoke Du-Plessis, Moselene A. R. Lebese, Rachael T. Reflections on the Concomitants of the Restrictive Visitation Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ubuntu Perspective |
title | Reflections on the Concomitants of the Restrictive Visitation Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ubuntu Perspective |
title_full | Reflections on the Concomitants of the Restrictive Visitation Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ubuntu Perspective |
title_fullStr | Reflections on the Concomitants of the Restrictive Visitation Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ubuntu Perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | Reflections on the Concomitants of the Restrictive Visitation Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ubuntu Perspective |
title_short | Reflections on the Concomitants of the Restrictive Visitation Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ubuntu Perspective |
title_sort | reflections on the concomitants of the restrictive visitation policy during the covid-19 pandemic: an ubuntu perspective |
topic | Sociology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8767091/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35071401 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.769199 |
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