The short story “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” (1886), Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) provides key elements for a reflection on the meaning of long term illnesses. Based on Tolstoy’s short story the present paper analyzes the multiple dimensions of the pr...
The 1988 Constitution approved the Continuous Cash Benefit (BPC) directed to elders and disabled persons with a per capita income of 25% of the minimum wage. In 2015, around 4 million people received this benefit. The design of BPC for disabled pers...
Biographical rupture (BR) is a core concept in sociological studies on chronic illness experience. It shows how this experience can be strongly affected by ruptures in the ways of living and organizing the biographical trajectory narratives. Critical...
According to current global AIDS policy, the anti-HIV test is crucial to the success of the \'treatment as prevention\' (TasP) strategy and for the control of AIDS. In view of Brazil\'s commitment to this policy, this article aims to characterize the...
The article analyzes the experience of people living with the Berardinelli-Seip Syndrome in the Brazilian Northeast. This qualitative study was developed with eleven informants, with nine people living with the syndrome and two mothers. Information w...
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There is significant growth in the number of municipal programs of phytotherapy in the Unified Health System since 2006, with the National Policy of Medicinal Plants. How this programs are distributed throughout the territory and how they express reg...
