[Social representation and its contributions to the health area].
This article approaches, in theory, a notion of Social Representations, describing its origin, concepts, fields of study and manners of approach, which are: dimensional, structural and dynamic. Some comments about the use of this framework in the health area are made, as well as how can it be used in Nursing.
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Unidade Coinma-Divisão de Saúde Comunitária do Hospital Nossa Senhora Conceição/GHC.
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D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012941:Social Responsibility