Rethinking Humanizing of the Brazilian Unified Health System in the light of the Health Care Networks

This article is a proposal of theoretical discussion about the policies of humanization in health. The discussion comes from our awareness of an epidemiological transition in which chronic diseases with metabolic characteristics predominate instead of infectious ones. However, the health system is n...

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Main Authors: José Roque Junges, Rosangela Barbiani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro Universitário São Camilo 2012-07-01
Series:O Mundo da Saúde
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Online Access:https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/475
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Summary:This article is a proposal of theoretical discussion about the policies of humanization in health. The discussion comes from our awareness of an epidemiological transition in which chronic diseases with metabolic characteristics predominate instead of infectious ones. However, the health system is not prepared for helping people in their chronic conditions, because it is organized for severe spontaneous events or for events arising from chronic conditions. Therefore the answers to the problems are generally not appropriate, putting the health system in crisis due to the lack of solutions for chronic conditions. This points to the necessity for constructing a clinic able to deal with assisting the daily life of people in chronic conditions. One of the activation devices of this clinic, combining autonomy and responsibility, is the therapeutic plan created for each user in her particular health condition. This plan has to be designed as a care line based on the interactions with the health service network. This new context of the care service brings new challenges to humanization, which cannot be reduced to the helping dispositive, and needs to include also assisted self-care, which depends on the health care network.
ISSN:0104-7809
1980-3990