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Abstract
Basé sur 30 entretiens semi-directifs, cet article s’intéresse aux expériences de travail du personnel médico-soignant et de support d’un hôpital de Suisse romande durant la première vague de COVID-19. Il analyse la façon dont ces travailleurs et travailleuses ont perçu et réagi aux risques professionnels induits par la prise en charge de la pandémie. Il montre que la peur de la contamination – pour soi mais aussi et surtout pour ses proches – a été une émotion largement partagée, que les personnels hospitaliers ont tenté de canaliser en déployant de multiples stratégies dans leurs différentes sphères de vie.
Based on 30 semi-structured interviews, this article focuses on the work experiences of medical and support staff in a hospital in Western Switzerland during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. It analyses the way in which these workers perceived and reacted to the professional risks induced by the management of the infected patients. It shows that the fear of contamination – for oneself but also and especially for one's relatives – was a widely shared emotion, which hospital workers tried to channel by deploying multiple strategies in the different spheres of their life.
Based on 30 semi-structured interviews, this article focuses on the work experiences of medical and support staff in a hospital in Western Switzerland during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. It analyses the way in which these workers perceived and reacted to the professional risks induced by the management of the infected patients. It shows that the fear of contamination – for oneself but also and especially for one's relatives – was a widely shared emotion, which hospital workers tried to channel by deploying multiple strategies in the different spheres of their life.