title: (Bio)Ethics and Primary Health Care: preliminary study on Family Clinics in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
abstract: The Family Health Strategy (FHS) started out as the Family Health Program (FHP) in 1994, and has since has been re-thought and re-worked in Brazil as the primary rationale for reorganizing Primary Healthcare (PHC). Transforming the hegemonic PHC into FHS has resulted in many changes in how healthcare is provided, which have impacted different areas. For example, matters of (bio)ethics must still be elucidated. Within this context, this investigation is characterized as an exploratory study focused on mapping the main (bio)ethical problems identified by PHC workers in the city of Rio de Janeiro. For this reason, we used a questionnaire and asked Family Clinic (FC) healthcare professionals to answer it. The answers were submitted to content analysis as proposed by Bardin. PHC in the context of Family Clinics has unique elements in terms of the (bio)ethical relationships established in this level of healthcare. It is extremely necessary that new theoretical references be proposed, and that education/training measures to address such issues be developed.
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Keith Bullia da Fonseca
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Simas
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Patrícia Passos
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina e Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Andréia Patrícia
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Aline do Amaral Zils
authors.initials: Ado A
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Claudia Gomes
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Siqueira-Batista
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001938:Brazil; D005192:Family Health; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult