title: [Health policies and the humanization of care].
abstract: This essay consists of a reflection on the theme proposed on the 63rd Brazilian Nursing Week. It was initially elaborated for a conference, which would be presented in a commemorative nursing event. The essay relates the theme "humanization and work: reason and signification in nursing" to the current health policies implemented in Brazil. It discusses the consequences of these policies, and approaches strategies for the humanization of assistance.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Paraná-UNIOESTE.
authors.forename: Maria Lúcia Frizon
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rizzotto
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends*; D006808:Humanism; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*