[Human resources and health work: challenges for a research agenda].
This article discusses several key concepts for human resources policy in health in the context of Latin America's regional integration efforts. The article focuses on different concepts of integration to emphasize the analytical distinction between regional and conceptual integration. It also presents labor and human resources concepts before discussing, in the final analysis, the challenges that a common research agenda faces in the context of current health sector reforms in Latin America. The conclusion emphasizes the need to develop a technology and research system capable of supporting the agenda for exchange between MERCOSUR member countries.
Assunção
Ada Avila
AA
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Alfredo Balena 190, Belo Horizonte, MG 30130-100, Brazil. adavila@medicina.ufmg.br
Belisário
Soraya Almeida
SA
Campos
Francisco Eduardo
FE
D'Avila
Luciana Souza
LS
D003210:Concept Formation; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research; D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007587:Job Description; D013020:South America