Reactions to institutional violencepatient strategies for facing infringements of the right to health in Brazil

Resumo

In this article we identify evidences of inequalities, prejudices and discrimination in the access and utilization of public health services belonging to the Brazilian Unified Health Care System, considering them to be institutional violence and a negation of rights, in order to look at the reactions of the subjects victimized by this process. This research study utilized different methodologies, articulating participant observation, semi-structured interviews, focus groups and dramatization. The results highlight the trajectory in seeking health care as the main expression of inequalities, strengthened by structural factors such as the precarious condition of health care services, which potentiate power asymmetries, and the presence of discrimination derived from stigmas and prejudices. Most patients' reactions to the situation of institutional violence seek an individual solution to the problem, often reaffirming the conditions that generate rights violations. Few patients' reactions question the systemic conditions that determine the continued discrimination.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2013

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/25038

Temas

Saúde

Palavras-chave

Healthcare disparitiesPatient rightsProfessional-patient relationsSocial discriminationDesigualdades en atención de la saludDiscriminación socialRelaciones profesional-pacienteDerechos del pacienteSaúdeSistema Único de Saúde (Brasil)Defesa do pacientePessoal da área médica e pacientes