Instituto de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa 2367, Boa Esperança. 78060 900 Cuiabá MT Brasil.
Departamento de Estudos sobre Violência e Saúde Jorge Careli, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil.
Cien Saude Colet. 2021 Mar;26(3):1013-1022. doi: 10.1590/1413-81232021263.42082020. Epub 2020 Nov 28.
The article aims to discuss the care provided by female healthcare workers in Brazil during the Covid-19 pandemic, based on a sociological analysis by authors who discuss such care as devalued and poorly paid work performed to a large extent by low-income women. The work involves social constructions of emotions and has used the body as a work instrument in care for others. In addition, the increasingly precarious nature of health work in Brazilian society, aggravated in recent decades, with an increase in temporary contracts, loss of labor rights, overload of tasks, and adverse work conditions, among others, adds to the increase in medical and hospital care in the Covid-19 pandemic. In this context, female healthcare workers experience lack of personal protective equipment, fear of coronavirus infection, concerns with their children and other family members, and illness and death of coworkers and themselves. The article highlights the need for government attention and management of healthcare work and professional societies, analyzing the work conditions female healthcare workers are experiencing in confronting the pandemic.
本文旨在从社会学角度分析巴西女性医护工作者在新冠疫情期间所提供的护理工作，作者认为这种护理工作被低估且薪酬微薄，而从事此类工作的大多是低收入女性。该工作涉及情感的社会建构，并将身体用作护理他人的工作工具。此外，巴西社会的医疗卫生工作性质日益不稳定，这种不稳定在近几十年加剧，临时工合同增加、劳工权利丧失、工作任务过重以及工作条件恶化等问题层出不穷，这也导致新冠疫情期间医疗和医院护理需求增加。在这种情况下，女性医护工作者面临缺乏个人防护设备、担心感染冠状病毒、对子女和其他家庭成员的担忧、同事和自身患病和死亡等问题。本文强调了政府和医疗专业协会关注和管理医护工作的必要性，并分析了女性医护工作者在应对疫情时所面临的工作条件。
