title: A policy analysis of teamwork as a proposal for healthcare humanization: implications for nursing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse the implications of the political devices of the Brazilian National Humanization Policy, Singular Therapeutic Project and Reference Team and Matrix Support, for nursing as a professional discipline.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The Brazilian Unified Health System, SUS-Brazil, has as its principles regarding health care: universal access at all levels of care; equality and non-discrimination; integrality; community participation; and political and administrative decentralization, regionalization, and hierarchization. The National Humanization Policy is a public health policy that serves as the methodological apparatus for the application of the SUS-Brazil principles. Reference Teams refers to inter- and transdisciplinary/professional teams. These team approaches are associated with increased quality of care.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative lexical content policy analysis of the official documents for the Brazilian National Humanization Policy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Reference Team model that is used to carry out Singular Therapeutic Projects leads to discussion of disciplinary boundaries in the context of health care.
  The Brazilian National Humanization Policy demands inclusion of various kinds of knowledge and networking. Research is needed to elucidate the nature of nursing care and its distinctive character in relation to the work objectives of other professional disciplines.
authors.affiliation: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development/Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation - Level 1C, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.|Department of Nursing Fundamentals, Anna Nery School of Nursing, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development/Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation - Level 1C, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.|Department of Nursing Fundamentals, Anna Nery School of Nursing, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: F D da S
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: de Freitas
authors.affiliation: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development/Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation - Level 1C, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.|Department of Nursing Fundamentals, Anna Nery School of Nursing, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: de Araújo
authors.affiliation: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development/Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation - Level 1C, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.|Nursing Area on Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination/Brazilian Ministry of Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.|Department of Nursing Fundamentals, Anna Nery School of Nursing, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: M de A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006291:Health Policy; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics
keywords: Brazil; Case Management; Humanization of Assistance; Interdisciplinary Health Team; Patient Care Planning; Patient Care Team; Policy Analysis