title: [System of meanings about the purpose of family health work: a qualitative analysis].
abstract: This exploratory study was performed to understand the system of meanings about the purpose of the nursing and medical work performed by Family Health teams, in the cities of Rio Grande and Pelotas (Brazil). Data collection was performed by semi-directed individual interviews. The interviews of 82 participants were recorded, and analyzed. The nuclear meaning of the purpose, as an end transmuted into the product of collective work, was in agreement with the possibility of the community implementing changes and acquiring healthy individual and collective behaviors. This gives evidence of the component of ethics in the process, by means of categories such as solidarity and compassion. This led to a marker, in the text production, of the human condition in the construction of the work purpose. Through the analysis and critical discussion of the theme, this study contributes to the macro-dimension of developing competencies and adjustment to the health needs of society.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-Campus Saúde, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. cezarvaz@vetorial.net
authors.forename: Marta Regina
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Cezar-Vaz
authors.forename: Ana Luiza
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Muccillo-Baisch
authors.forename: Maria Cristina Flores
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Jorgana Fernanda de Souza
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Valdecir Zavarese
authors.initials: VZ
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.forename: Nalú Pereira da Costa
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Kerber
authors.forename: Clarice Alves
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bonow
authors.forename: Cynthia Fontella
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Sant'Anna
authors.forename: Leticia Silveira
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Cardoso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005192:Family Health; D022143:Family Nursing; D005260:Female; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged