Humanization and Care: The Experience of an STD/AIDS Healthcare Team in the City of Sao Paulo

The Brazilian debate on humanization has stressed the relevance of a comprehensive approach to health. This approach requires that professionals revisit their attitudes & conceptions, straightly oriented in a biomedical sense. This reflexive essay examines a discussion process conducted by a mul...

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Published in:Ciência & saude coletiva 2005-07, Vol.10 (3), p.689-698
Main Authors: Oliveira, Luzia Aparecida, Landroni, Maria Angela Silva, Silva, Neide Emy Kurokawa e, Ayres, Jose Ricardo de C. M.
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Health Care Services
Health Professions
Humanization
Patients
Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Summary:The Brazilian debate on humanization has stressed the relevance of a comprehensive approach to health. This approach requires that professionals revisit their attitudes & conceptions, straightly oriented in a biomedical sense. This reflexive essay examines a discussion process conducted by a multidisciplinary team of an HIV/Aids ambulatory in the city of Sao Paulo, with a view to the relationship between care & humanization of health practices. It was identified that the team considered that care provided by them was "humanized," once diverse patients needs, beyond those strictly related to the clinical control of HIV infection, were actively considered & responded to. Objections were made nonetheless, that those needs were not effectively incorporated into health care process, remaining just as obstacles to the adherence of patients to the therapeutic prescriptions, & informally responded to by means of staff personal initiatives & compassionate feelings. The discussion highlights the relevance of affectionate dimension in the encounters of health professional & services users, concluding by the importance of understanding humanization of health assistance as a dialogue process between technical aspects of health work & the users life projects. References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1413-8123