BACKGROUND: The 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has revealed precarious public health conditions worldwide, where serious failures have occurred, similar to the distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) to physicians in the government of Brazil. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this investigation was to prove through facts that there have been failures in the distribution of PPE to medical professionals within a reasonable timeframe. DESIGN AND SETTING: Through a cross-sectional study, we sought to identify the information and data on the subject of "Distribution of PPE" from the official sites of all the national and regional medical representative entities. METHODS: All medical representative entities, such as unions, councils, and federations, were identified by searching their existing websites, which were active on the World Wide Web, identifying facts, news, and official data regarding the supply of PPE on a daily basis and during the research period. RESULTS: It was evident from the identification of over 3,900 physician complaints and news reports that there was a failure to distribute PPE to medical professionals in Brazil over a reasonable period. Several physicians obtained PPE through the ruling of the courts. CONCLUSIONS: There was indeed a failure in the context of health service administration, which compromised the second level of the Maslow Scale, safety needs, and exposed these professionals to a greater risk than necessary, compromised the quality of work life, and directly compromised the doctor-patient relationship. The condition of the physicians cannot be forgotten during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background Bioethics and Quality of Working Life for physicians constitute direct relationship. This quantitative and qualitative research has shown a close relationship between the two. Through it we seek to demonstrate that aspects that involve their work can interfere in the person of the medical professional, also directly affecting their quality in the field to the relationship with the patient, essential basis for good medicine.MethodsA structured questionnaire with topics pertinent to the context of the Quality of Working Life was sent from the Information Technology Department of the Federal Council of Medicine to the valid email addresses of 95,022 registered physicians (of the 451,777 who are active in Brazil) with a return of 426 units, 11% higher than the 383 needed to technically validate this research. The data presented were subsequently tabulated on the Excel spreadsheet, analyzed and concluded.ResultsPositive results were observed on average of the questions formulated where approximately 55% of the questions in which bioethics can be deconstructed from the context related to Quality of Working Life. ConclusionsThis study demonstrated with its positive results that, depending on the quality of work life, it also compromises more 50%, the quality of bioethics in the physicians-patient relationship, a fundamental part of the foundation of medicine. Having a new look at the medical profession is fundamental for the patients as well. This case constitutes a public health problem, since almost 90% (89.3%) of the Brazilian physicians are connected to this sector. These alarming results must be further explored and contextualized in studies carried out in other countries as well, focusing on health management, encompassing the vision in public health.
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