Objective: This study aims to present the translation and validation of the SF-6D in the Brazilian context, based on the model and the version developed in the United Kingdom in 2002. Methods: An observational and transversal study. We applied the to...
The process of medicalization and its consequences in the production of subjectivities have been highlighted by human science in the study of health and disease process. Nevertheless, the analysis of its local expressions remains insufficient treated...
It was aimed at to accomplish a situational diagnosis of the rehabilitation attendance for victims of accidents and violence, in municipal districts of Pernambuco, Brazil, with more than 100 thousand inhabitants, because they have the largest taxes o...
The number of technological resources used in health care interventions is growing; continually expanding with the introduction of new products, articles and a variety of medical procedures. Problems associated with the reutilization of medical produ...
This paper states the issue of environmental and human exposure due to abusive and undue use of pesticides and of its consequences for the human health and the environment and aims to present reflections and contributions for the Ministry of Health's...
The analysis of institutions is a widely researched area of health. The culture of organizations is understood as a symbolic possibility contained in a larger dimension, called "national culture". This reasoning justifies the incorporation ...
The aim of this study was to understand the motives that led adult women to use apetite inhibitors and to unveil, from a gender perspective, how these women related to their own bodies. It was guided by the principles of qualitative research and the ...
Book review from "What happens when we die", written by the english physician Sam Parnia. Near Death Experiences; Consciousness; Death.
