Carrying life and death
The daily routine of hospital stretcher bearers in the context of Covid-19
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16825692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luísa Maiola De Araujo (0000-0003-1573-3402, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Adriana Kelly Santos (0000-0001-6606-0020, Fiocruz, Brazil, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 2857-2866 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ciência & Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1413-8123 • E-ISSN: 1678-4561 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1413-812320232810.10292023en |
| OpenAlex | W4387881716 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This article aims to analyze the daily work of stretcher bearers in a Federal Teaching and Research Hospital in the context of COVID-19, exploring the subjective aspects related to working in constant contact with death and the invisibility to which these workers are subjected. The proposed discussion stems from a more comprehensive qualitative investigation. The main methodological resource of the empirical research was the direct observation in the daily work that allowed one to capture nuances of the work in a dialectical analysis with the workers. The data obtained were analyzed from the perspective of Social Psychology of Work. Transience and invisibility were identified as important categories of analysis of this daily work, where the process of becoming a stretcher-bearer was marked by aspects of precariousness of work and vulnerability of the worker. Working in contact with death was also understood as a factor of invisibility, where the creation of bonds and humor appeared as a collective strategy to face the harshness of work. This article concluded by examining the importance of looking at the subjective aspects of the work carried out by stretcher bearers, as well as the expansion of research on the subject
Dialectic · Epistemology · Invisibility · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic · History · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban and sociocultural dynamics · Mechanical Engineering
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |