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Area of Science:

  • Examines the principle of integrality within Brazil's National Health System (SUS).
  • Analyzes 'medical rationality' and Fleck's epistemology in healthcare.
  • Compares different understandings of integrality among patients and healers.

Context:

  • Integrality is a core principle of Brazil's National Health System (SUS).
  • Biomedicine's specialization often fragments patient care, hindering integrality.
  • Primary healthcare and multidisciplinary teams are key to overcoming these barriers.

Purpose:

  • To investigate integrality as the guiding principle of Brazil's SUS.
  • To explore the concept of medical rationality and its relation to integrality.
  • To compare the perspectives of patients and healers on integrality.

Summary:

  • Integrality is perceived differently by patients and specialized healers, with healers viewing it as a continuous mission tied to the patient relationship.
  • Biomedicine struggles with integrality due to its focus on fragmented 'biomedical diseases,' with specialization exacerbating the issue.
  • Primary healthcare, through multidisciplinary teams, and alternative rationalities like homeopathy and traditional Chinese medicine offer potential solutions to enhance integrality within SUS.

Impact:

  • Highlights the challenges biomedicine faces in achieving healthcare integrality.
  • Identifies primary healthcare and multidisciplinary teams as crucial for improving integrality in SUS.
  • Suggests integrating alternative medical systems to enrich the practice of integrality.