This article discusses the violence perpetrated by clients against social workers who provided services to COVID-19 patients and their families in Chilean hospitals during the initial peak of the disease in the country. In this way, this becomes the first study to analyze client violence toward social workers in the health crisis generated by the pandemic. The results indicate that the presence of aggressions from clients is high and social workers’ coping strategies are passive. Finally, the urgent call for prevention and the need for research are presented.

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COVID-19 和客户对智利医疗保健社会工作者的暴力行为

本文讨论了在该国疾病初期高峰期间，客户对在智利医院为 COVID-19 患者及其家人提供服务的社会工作者实施的暴力行为。通过这种方式，这成为第一项分析在大流行造成的健康危机中客户对社会工作者的暴力行为的研究。结果表明案主的攻击性很高，社会工作者的应对策略是被动的。最后，提出了预防的迫切要求和研究的必要性。