"Front line talk": South African health care workers' response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
OUTPUT TYPE: Conference or seminar papers
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): P.Reddy
KEYWORDS: COVID-19, HEALTH CARE WORKERS
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11546
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15477
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15477
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): P.Reddy
KEYWORDS: COVID-19, HEALTH CARE WORKERS
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11546
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15477
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15477
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Abstract
The presentation is about health workers who have been at the fore front of fighting this pandemic and at high risk of contracting the virus. Healthcare workers have been at the forefront of the epidemic and are at high risk of contracting the virus, in addition to high risks of long working hours, psychological distress, fatigue, occupational burnout, stigma and physical and psychological violence.-
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