Trabalho, Educação e Saúde - TES (Work, Education and Health) is an open access scientific journal, edited by the Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health, from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.
The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health problem, it is considered a profound shock to our societies and economies, highlighting a care crisis in which health professionals, especially women, are at the center of service and response efforts. Thus, this article aimed to problematize care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on the right to protection for women health professionals, according to Michel Foucault’s conceptions of self-care, considering the power-knowledge axis. The study goes on to question about the crisis of care and makes self-care of health workers visible especially during the COVID-19 pandemic as a possible way for the reversion of domination practices through the creation of freedom practices, affirming the production of care as a creator of value and respect for the life of all.
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