[RSI: object and pretext for constructing the work and health field].
This article presents a proposal for a research and action agenda in Workers' Health, taking the case of repetitive strain injury (RSI). It assumes that RSIs are both an object and a pretext for the Workers' Health area. As an object, RSIs demand both an understanding and resolution of problems as they present, and as a pretext, RSIs underscore the limits and contradictions of the paradigms adopted in Workers' Health. The article draws on data and questions raised in several studies.
Departamento de Psicologia Social e do Trabalho, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05508-900, Brasil. lenysato@usp.br
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D001938:Brazil; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016272:Occupational Health