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The vulnerability of the family: reflections about human condition
Jacqueline Flores de Oliveira1, Adriane Maria Netto de Oliveira1, Edison Luiz Devos Barlem1
1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Objectives:
to reflect about the vulnerability of the family, using the book The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt as reference, to better understand how this institution has been structured in today's world.
Results:
the rupture of assistance relations among family members represents a situation of vulnerability that weakens the family institution, leading to the loss of the assertiveness in the society. Support for the development of human capabilities in families and in the territory provides the benefit of strengthening them to face of vulnerabilities.
Conclusions:
the vulnerability of the family presents itself as a historic milestone, condition on which the family institution was built and organized as a public and private property, putting in evidence the importance to develop a more holistic and integrate care to the people, based on health public policies and social assistance.
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