Entre liberdade individual e saúde coletiva

Saberes E Práticas Em Caso De Descontinuidade Do Tratamento Da Tuberculose

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ID5930029
AuthorsFrancisca Souza Santos Dias (0000-0002-0898-8565, Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Norte de Minas Gerais), Márcia Grisotti (0000-0003-0389-7100, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
Year2019
Issue24
Pages219-242
Publication date2019-12-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista del CESLA International Latin American Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1641-4713 • E-ISSN: 2081-1160
PublisherUniversity of Warsaw (PUBLISHER • PL)
DOI10.36551/2081-1160.2019.24.219-242
OpenAlexW3005738890
LanguageES
References cited18

Tuberculosis remains a significant cause of human suffering and death in the twenty-first century and represents a relevant public health problem. The article analyzes how the conflict between individual freedom and public health is related to tuberculosis treatment and how they are perceived and managed by the professionals and contacts involved in the process. This is qualitative research, in which semi-structured interviews were conducted with contacts of tuberculosis patients, as well as health professionals from the Epidemiological Surveillance and Family Health Strategy, involved in Tuberculosis Control in the city of Araçuaí, MG.The data analysis verifies the tension between individual freedom and public health, showing that the discontinuity of treatment is related to two political senses of freedom. While in the negative sense the person is considered free when no person or group interferes with his actions, in the positive sense freedom is understood as the self-determination of the individual. Therefore, considering the risks that freedom in the decision not to adhere to treatment (positive sense) may bring to the community, the conception of negative freedom applied by the Brazilian health system is based on interference, requiring conduct and strategies in these cases

Humanities · Political science · Politics · Public health · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Tuberculosis · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Law · Leprosy Research and Treatment · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Public Health in Brazil · Social Psychology

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