Moral suffering in health professionals: portrait of the work environment in times of COVID-19.
Rev Bras Enferm
; 74Suppl 1(Suppl 1): e20200653, 2021.
Article
in English, Portuguese
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1119495
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To analyze potential triggers of moral suffering experiences of health professionals, reported in the media, during the COVID-19 pandemic and to propose a theoretical construct of analysis.METHODS:
Study with qualitative approach whose data source were 50 reports published online, collected passively and actively, submitted to Content Analysis with the help of ATLAS.ti software.RESULTS:
The potential moral problems that trigger moral suffering are related to the threat to moral integrity, infrastructure/logistics and teamwork problems, and emotional aspects, revealing their articulation with damage to the foundations of a healthy work environment, which generated the proposal of a construct. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS The articulation between the experiences of moral suffering and the commitment of the fundamentals of a healthy work environment has brought important contributions to the adoption of strategies to protect and stimulate moral deliberation by professionals in favor of practice and society.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Stress, Psychological
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Health Personnel
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Workplace
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COVID-19
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Morals
Type of study:
Observational study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Rev Bras Enferm
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
0034-7167-2020-0653
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