ABSTRACT
The main purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the ways of inserting physicians into the health production process. This subject is justified by a belief that that this way of working may be a problem but at the same time may well be the key to implementing healthcare models that are ethically and politically committed to the lives of public health system users. Initially, the problem is presented through the construction of an archetype physician and his historical and social and cultural conditioning factors, taking the work processes of physicians at Basic Healthcare Units in Belo Horizonte as an example that is built up through interviews and participative observations. Some possibilities for intervention are indicated through the introduction of new concepts and technologies that could transform the work of these practitioners in ways that would build up links with more responsibility for the care and lives of users of public healthcare services.
Subject(s)
Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration , Physicians , BrazilABSTRACT
O objetivo desse trabalho é descrever e analisar o processo de trabalho ou o modo de inserção do médico no processo produtivo em saúde. O tema se justifica pelo entendimento de que esse modo de trabalhar possa ser um problema e ao mesmo tempo uma chave que possibilite a implantação de modelos de assistência eticamente e politicamente comprometidos com a vida dos usuários dos sistemas públicos de saúde. A descrição do problema começa pela construção do arquétipo médico e seus condicionantes históricos e socioculturais; toma como exemplo o processo de trabalho dos médicos em unidades básicas de saúde em Belo Horizonte construído através de entrevistas e observação participante e aponta algumas possibilidades de intervenção através da introdução de novos conceitos e tecnologias capazes de transformar o trabalho desses profissionais de modo a garantir a formação de vínculos e de maior gradiente de responsabilização pelo cuidado e pela vida dos usuários que procuram os serviços públicos de saúde.
The main purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the ways of inserting physicians into the health production process. This subject is justified by a belief that that this way of working may be a problem but at the same time may well be the key to implementing healthcare models that are ethically and politically committed to the lives of public health system users. Initially, the problem is presented through the construction of an archetype physician and his historical and social and cultural conditioning factors, taking the work processes of physicians at Basic Healthcare Units in Belo Horizonte as an example that is built up through interviews and participative observations. Some possibilities for intervention are indicated through the introduction of new concepts and technologies that could transform the work of these practitioners in ways that would build up links with more responsibility for the care and lives of users of public healthcare services.
