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Uncertainty and agency in COVID-19 hotel quarantine in Australia by Jane Williams; Gwendolyn Gilbert; Angus Dawson; John Kaldor; David Hendrickx; Bridget Haire is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Uncertainty and agency in COVID-19 hotel quarantine in Australia about?
Mandatory 14-day hotel COVID-19 quarantine was introduced for international arrivals into Australia in late March 2020, with no precedent and little time to prepare. This public health initiative was a key factor in Australia's relatively low COVID-19 burden in the first 18 months of the pandemic. We conducted an empirical bioethics study exploring the experience of people who had quarantined in hotels in Australia. We used in depth interviews to develop an understanding of context and normative analysis to consider whether the way the program is conducted is ethically justifiable. 58 people participated; they had been in hotel quarantine in different parts of Australia in the period March 2020-January 2021. Participants faced considerable uncertainty while in quarantine and many experienced this as burdensome. Some uncertainty resulted from not being given information about key aspects of quarantine, some from rules that changed frequently or were otherwise inconsistent, some from being physically isolated. Lack of information and uncertainty contributed to diminished agency. Communication efforts made by individual hotels was well received. Earlier ethics literature about quarant
Who reads Uncertainty and agency in COVID-19 hotel quarantine in Australia?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Health Professions.
- Author
- Jane Williams; Gwendolyn Gilbert; Angus Dawson; John Kaldor; David Hendrickx; Bridget Haire
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Health Professions (Health Sciences)