Social medicalization (II): biomedical limits and proposals for primary care clinic

Social medicalization diminishes or even destroys the population's autonomy regarding disease and healthcare and generates an endless demand on health services. It consists on an important challenge the SUS (Unified Health System). This article discusses the limits of biomedical knowledge and p...

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Main Authors: Charles Dalcanale Tesser, Silvana Ayub Polchlopek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Unesp) 2006-01-01
Series:Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-32832006000200004&lng=en&tlng=en