Ciência, técnica e cultura: relações entre risco e práticas de saúde

Abstract

This article discusses the cultural consequences of discourses and practices aimed at training subjects for a rational, informed choice in relation to risks, calculated on the basis of scientific knowledge. The epidemiological risk concept is a central element in this process, especially in the context of health practices. The article begins by briefly characterizing the epidemiological risk concept, emphasizing that as an abstract model, it reduces the complexity of the phenomena it studies. Grasping reality through this abstraction generates values and meanings. Canguilhem's reflection on the relations between science, technique, and life is further discussed from the perspective of deepening an understanding of the cultural consequences of this process, contributing to the transformation of classical concepts of individuality, autonomy, and sociability. Such vital themes as individuality, alterity, and the relationship with death are present (albeit disguised) in issues that involve the central nature of risk in the contemporary world.

Processo de viver humano e a enfermagem sob a perspectiva da vulnerabilidade

“…In this perspective, it is observed that risk identification and reduction has been one of the most important goals in public health. Therefore, risk management is directly related to health promotion through the reorientation of intervention strategies towards this objective (1) .…”

Rádio comunitária como mecanismo para participação social no contexto da gestão descentralizada dos serviços de saúde

“…Segundo 29 De acordo com Castiel 1 , Viana, Lima e Oliveira 10 e Santana 12 , os ajustes do legado ideo-político neoliberal preconizam nas entrelinhas sob a égide da equidade como princípio de justiça social a busca da focalização do Sistema aos mais pobres, rompendo a universalidade preconizada no SUS 19,20,27 . Esse legado pode contribuir para a fragmentação de projetos sociais de interesse coletivo no Brasil, como é o caso das discussões protagonizadas pelos gestores no campo dos pactos de gestão 25 .…”

Potential Risk: A New Approach

“…With Pasteur's studies in the late nineteenth century, it was possible to use the tools of statistics to evaluate the factors related to communicable diseases, giving birth to the concept of epidemiological risk (Covello;Munpower, 1985, Czeresnia, 2004.…”

“…However, the evaluation models are not independent of the observers and their objectives (Czeresnia, 2004). Risk assessment is not always possible to be performed quantitatively.…”