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Because of the attempts to control the Covid-19 pandemic, the population is under the recommendations of distance and social isolation. Knowing that the humanization process includes social relationships and interactions, we are concerned about the possibility of collective involvement of problems and diseases of various kinds, mainly psychic. For this reason, this article, which is configured as a Narrative Review, aims to list some consequences that the processes of social distancing and isolation can cause to the population, thus suggesting ways to minimize these problems and, therefore, contribute to the promotion people's quality of life. The problems identified range from sadness and deep loneliness to occurrences of depression and suicide due to losses in various ways that present themselves in daily life, but they may have minimized their occurrences through the use of communication technologies, as well as through experience recreational activities, which can be of different orders.
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Objective: to analyze the aspects of violence at work (structural, illnesses and deaths and stigma/discrimination) of Brazilian health professionals in the Covid-19 pandemic, through analyzes of Brazilian journalistic media. Methodology: Qualitative analysis of reports reported in two Brazilian news websites (G1 and Uol), within the period from April 20th to 30th in 2020, by using the words "Covid-19 and professional *";10 reports were selected, whose witch focus predominantly violence and health aspects of healthcare professionals during the pandemic. We used thematic content analysis to explore the journalistic material found. Results: violence is related to the intensification of work, in views of the increased demands for health care;shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and human resources to face the pandemic, illnesses and deaths by Covid-19, as well as difficulties in producing data on this matter;experiences of stigmas and discrimination because they are "possible spreaders of the virus";health professionals feel guilty and afraid of contaminating their families. Conclusion: there are impacts of structural violence at work, experiences of illnesses and deaths of professionals, stigma and discrimination, which corroborate the health care needs.
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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.