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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-012-9404-x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-012-9404-x</a>
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417–427
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16
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Don't let the bedbugs bite: the Cimicidae debacle and the denial of healthcare and social justice.
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Medicine, health care, and philosophy
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2013
2013-08
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*Bedbugs; *Healthcare Disparities/ethics; *Social Justice; Animals; Bedbugs; Delivery of Health Care/ethics; Ectoparasitic Infestations – Prevention and Control; Ectoparasitic Infestations/prevention & control; Health Care Delivery – Ethical Issues; Health Services Accessibility – Ethical Issues; Health Services Accessibility/ethics; Healthcare Disparities – Ethical Issues; Insect Control; Pest Control; Resource Allocation – Ethical Issues; Resource Allocation/ethics; Social Justice; Special Populations; Vulnerable Populations
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Aultman Julie M
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Although bedbug infestation is not a new public health problem, it is one that is becoming more alarming among healthcare professionals, public health officials, and ethicists given the magnitude of patients who may be denied treatment, or who are unable to access treatment, especially those underserved populations living in low income housing. Efforts to quarantine and eradicate Cimicidae have been and should be made, but such efforts require costly interventions. The alternative, however, can further exacerbate the already growing problems of injustice, i.e., unfair treatment of patients, inaccessibility of needed resources. In the following paper, I examine the ramifications of denying access to medical care, among other healthcare justice dilemmas surrounding bedbug infestations. I also explore the value of health, and how healthcare professionals and public officials often feel as though bedbugs are not a priority because they, themselves, are not diseases, regardless of the fact they cause physical and mental problems that affect a person's health. I propose recommendations for improving the health and well-being of those vulnerable populations who are facing a difficult and growing public health problem that is currently being ignored in medical and public health ethics literature, regardless of increased media attention and unusual habitats of localized infestations, e.g., Statue of Liberty, New York City.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-012-9404-x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1007/s11019-012-9404-x</a>
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*Bedbugs
*Healthcare Disparities/ethics
*Social Justice
2013
Animals
Aultman Julie M
Bedbugs
College of Graduate Studies
Delivery of Health Care/ethics
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Ectoparasitic Infestations – Prevention and Control
Ectoparasitic Infestations/prevention & control
Health Care Delivery – Ethical Issues
Health Services Accessibility – Ethical Issues
Health Services Accessibility/ethics
Healthcare Disparities – Ethical Issues
Insect Control
Medicine, health care, and philosophy
NEOMED College of Graduate Studies
NEOMED College of Medicine
Pest Control
Resource Allocation – Ethical Issues
Resource Allocation/ethics
Social Justice
Special Populations
Vulnerable Populations