title: [What do the users think and say about the Brazilian Health System (SUS)? An analysis of meanings based on the users' rights booklet].
abstract: This study is the result of an expanded research-action project aimed at presenting and discussing the main thematic units that emerged from discussions conducted with a group of users about booklet regarding users' rights from the SUS (Brazilian Health System). Between May and July 2007, weekly meetings were held, recorded and followed by qualitative research data analysis until reaching the thematic units. The results show that granting access to the public health system is not enough. We must create political awareness so that users do not become mere recipients or interlocutors of government proposals. We must ensure that all social actors engage themselves in the fight for the transformation of society by making use of their rights and fulfilling their duty.
authors: Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro Universitário Franciscano, Santa Maria, RS, 97010-200, Brazil. backesdirce@ig.com.br
authors: Dirce Stein
authors: DS
authors: Backes
authors: Magda Santos
authors: MS
authors: Koerich
authors: Anna Carolina Ribeiro Lopes
authors: AC
authors: Rodrigues
authors: Livia Crespo
authors: LC
authors: Drago
authors: Patrícia
authors: P
authors: Klock
authors: Alacoque Lorenzini
authors: AL
authors: Erdmann
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D028701:Patient Rights