Tale of two countries: Attitudes towards older persons in Italy and Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic as seen through the looking-glass of the media

Jacopo Fantinati; Irina Sabin; Silvia Crosignani; Yael Zilbershlag; Matteo Cesari; Tzvi Dwolatzky

doi:10.1136/medethics-2021-108011

Tale of two countries: Attitudes towards older persons in Italy and Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic as seen through the looking-glass of the media

Jacopo Fantinati
, Irina Sabin
, Silvia Crosignani
, Yael Zilbershlag
, Matteo Cesari
, Tzvi Dwolatzky

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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the many challenges and difficulties of healthcare systems caring for older frail people. This public health crisis has indeed jeopardised the concept of the welfare state, in particular the right of older people to uncompromised healthcare. Together with the clinical challenges facing the geriatric patient and the organisational difficulties of the healthcare systems, sociocultural factors may have also played a substantial role in the strategies that countries have applied in coping with the pandemic. In this opinion article, we report attitudes towards the older populations of two countries, Italy and Israel, during the COVID-19 pandemic as viewed through the looking-glass of the media.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1010-1014
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Medical Ethics
Volume	48
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-108011
State	Published - 15 Apr 2022
Externally published	Yes

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Aged
COVID-19

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Health(social science)
Issues, ethics and legal aspects
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Health Policy

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Tale of two countries: Attitudes towards older persons in Italy and Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic as seen through the looking-glass of the media

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