[Protection of caregivers in a university hospital at the time of Covid-19: Between overprotection and underprotection or between abandonment and weakening of the vital forces?]

Autor: Pougnet R; Service de santé au travail du personnel hospitalier, CHU Morvan, 2, avenue Foch, 29200 Brest, France.; Laboratoire d'études et de recherches en sociologie (LABERS), EA3149, faculté des lettres et sciences humaines, Victor-Segalen, université de Bretagne occidentale, Brest, France., Pougnet L; Équipe operationnelle d'hygiene hospitalière, hopital d'instruction des Armées, Clermont-Tonnerre, Brest, France., Eniafe-Eveillard BM; Service de santé au travail du personnel hospitalier, CHU Morvan, 2, avenue Foch, 29200 Brest, France., Ouedraogo S; Service de santé au travail du personnel hospitalier, CHU Morvan, 2, avenue Foch, 29200 Brest, France., Lucas D; Service de santé au travail du personnel hospitalier, CHU Morvan, 2, avenue Foch, 29200 Brest, France., Dewitte JD; Service de santé au travail du personnel hospitalier, CHU Morvan, 2, avenue Foch, 29200 Brest, France.; Société française de medecine du travail, France., Loddé B; Service de santé au travail du personnel hospitalier, CHU Morvan, 2, avenue Foch, 29200 Brest, France.; Société française de medecine du travail, France.; Centre de pathologies professionnelles et environnementales, CHU, Brest, France.
Jazyk: francouzština
Zdroj: Ethique & sante [Ethique Sante] 2022 Dec; Vol. 19 (4), pp. 231-238. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.etiqe.2022.09.007
Abstrakt: During the first months of the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic, French caregivers faced difficult situations, organizational changes, and rapidly changing recommendations. The occupational physicians of the hospital staff had to accompany the caregivers, both to answer their questions, both to better prevent the risks to their health in connection with the pandemic. Recommendations were quickly issued by the Société française de médecine du travail (French Society of Occupational Medicine). In our CHU, an evaluation of exposures was made by department. Occupational physicians advised agents and the institution to limit the risks to the health of agents. However, faced with the uncertainties linked to ignorance of the virus, how can we play both the role of protection of each agent, and that of a doctor registered in a health war? This article revisits from a distance the ethical tensions of the hospital occupational physician and the qualities necessary for the accomplishment of these missions.
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