Abstract
Objective: to analyze the aspects of violence at work (structural, illnesses and deaths and stigma/discrimination) of Brazilian health professionals in the 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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