As representações sociais e a experiência da doença

Abstract

This article analyzes the relationship between social representations and the experience of illness. The study is a critical review of the debate on illness. The work focuses on (a) a review of the concept of "social representations of illness"; (b) key aspects of the experience of illness and; (c) principles for understanding the illness process. The authors also emphasize the necessary link between the experience of illness and the context of its material and symbolic production.

Representações de saúde em mulheres com diabetes tipo 2

“…As crenças e valores médicos constituem respostas socialmente organizadas para a doença e, nessa medida, refletem a complexa interação entre grupos sociais, instituições, padrões de relacionamento e um corpo específico de conhecimento (2) . As concepções de saúde-doença têm características que variam de acordo com o contexto sócio-cultural…”

“…Uma compreensão das representações de saúde referidas por mulheres com diabetes pode oferecer subsídios para o entendimento da baixa adesão ao tratamento dessa enfermidade. As representações sobre o processo saúde-doença ficam explicitadas quando os profissionais atuam de modo que os pacientes possam falar, opinar e se emocionar.As crenças e valores médicos constituem respostas socialmente organizadas para a doença e, nessa medida, refletem a complexa interação entre grupos sociais, instituições, padrões de relacionamento e um corpo específico de conhecimento (2) . As concepções de saúde-doença têm características que variam de acordo com o contexto sócio-cultural…”

Determinantes culturais da saúde: uma abordagem para a promoção de equidade

“…Thus, in order to be healthy it is necessary to be disease-free, and for health to be re-established, diseases need to dealt with or eliminated. In this predominant view, the ontological dimension of disease prevails (Laplantine, 1991), which is to day, an understanding centered on disease itself, on its intrinsic characteristics.…”

“…On the other hand, using an interpretation along these lines, we can draw close to, interact with or discuss health care practices in a terreiro community in relation to the practices instituted in the health care system, thus overtaking both an essentialized approach to the peculiarities and differences as well as a "neomarxist unmasking" style approach (Gomes et al, 2002), seeking to achieve a Gadamerian hermeneutic approach, informed by the idea of "fusion of horizons" 5 . This is no easy task, although it is necessary.…”

As LER/DORT no contexto do encontro simbólico entre pacientes e médicos peritos do INSS/SP

“…From the perspective of Moscovici (1978), social representations constitute a practical way to increase knowledge, socially constructed in order to make sense of daily life reality. Among other things, social representation plays the role of turning the strange into familiar, putting into practice a process in which the individual expands the categorization of an object which, previously, was unknown to her/ him, including it into her/his repertoire (Gomes et al, 2002). Social representations guide behaviors in the collective space and they enable an objective logical apprehension of behaviors, opinions, and aspirations, allowing us to understand "why some problems stand out in a society" (Herzlich, 1991, p. 28).…”