title: Genesis of home care in Brazil at the start of the twentieth century.
abstract: Objective to discuss the conditions that enabled home care at the beginning of the twentieth century. Method study of the genealogic inspiration on home care. The empirical material consisted of legal documents on the subject that were published in the Official Journal. The documents were studied using analytical tools, such as Power, Discipline and Biopolitics, which were inspired in Foucault. Results two analytical categories were established, "home inspection: visiting nurses and tuberculosis" and "records: political and economic apparatus". Final considerations tuberculosis, the new profession of visiting nurses, inspection records and the detailed analysis of the cities grant home care a nature of surveillance, inspection and control to conduct the behaviour of individuals.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Stefanie Griebeler
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Henriqueta Luce
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kruse
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000266:history; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D064691:Nurses, Community Health / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D011209:Power, Psychological; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000266:history / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D014504:Urban Health