O RESPEITO À DIFERENÇA: contribuições da Teoria das Representações Sociais para as políticas de saúde voltadas a populações indígenas

Based on a bibliogra-phical and documentary research, this work intends to discuss the main contributions that the Theory of Social Representations may bring to a specific field of social protection in Brazil: the Indigenous Healthcare National Policy. It tries to demonstrate that the social represe...

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Main Authors: Marlon Neves Bertolani, Izildo Corrêa Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Maranhão 2009-01-01
Series:Revista de Políticas Públicas
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Online Access:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=321127276014
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Summary:Based on a bibliogra-phical and documentary research, this work intends to discuss the main contributions that the Theory of Social Representations may bring to a specific field of social protection in Brazil: the Indigenous Healthcare National Policy. It tries to demonstrate that the social representations created by the social actors involved — indigenous people and health professionals —, regarding the various aspects of this issue, concerning themselves and “others”, in a scenary marked by inter-ethnic relationships, may generate different impacts on the Indigenous Peoples Healthcare National Policy (PNASPI), as well as they may suggest alternative ways for this policy to follow.
ISSN:2178-2865