We present a study about relations between pediatric oncological haematologists, mothers and children in sharing bad news (ND) in a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro. The text emphasizes the intertwining of technique and emotions for the treatment o...
This work has as its object the study of the context in which professionals of the Program Mais Médicos operate. For this, the research uses the UBS‘s infrastructure scale, recently developed by SOARES NETO et al 1 to deepen the understa...
Therapeutic tourism is a recent phenomenon in public health and has repercussion in the life of people with disabilities. Virtual social networks have allowed people to organize themselves to find routes and means of seeking unconventional treatments...
This study uncovers the meaning regarding bullying held by students and, based on the perspective, contributes to the approach of student health. The objective was to identify the dimensions of students’ conceptions regarding bullying. A total of 5...
Two years after the implementation of the Program More Doctors in our country, the study of its viability, specifically related to the expansion of coverage, access and resoluteness in primary health care is made necessary. This research aimed to eva...
The More Doctors Program aims to decrease the shortage of doctors to reduce regional inequality in health. This project evaluates patient satisfaction with the medical doctors and the responsiveness of services by means of a descriptive cross-section...
Working relations between Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and Brazilian health institutions accumulated a long history of cooperation with mutual benefits which, in many cases, were shared with other nations unde...
The recent health policy context in Brazil has featured a series of measures to improve primary health care (PHC), including a national access and quality improvement programme (Programa Nacional de Melhoria do Acesso e Qualidade, PMAQ-AB) and progra...
