title: [The culture of public health organizations: notes on the construction of an object].
abstract: The author defines some central concepts for construction of the subject of "public health organizations". The concept of culture is exceedingly broad, and must be adjusted to the types of particular phenomena analyzed. As perceived in a public health organization, culture implies phenomena belonging to different social dimensions and which can be grasped through the concepts of political, civic, organizational, and professional culture.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21041-210, Brasil. vaitsman@ensp.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vaitsman
mesh_terms: D006268:Health Facilities; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017150:Public Sector