Infant mortality and prenatal care: contributions of the clinic in the light of Canguilhem and Foucault

Authors

  • Paula Pereira de Figueiredo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
  • Wilson Danilo Lunardi Filho Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Valéria Lerch Lunardi Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Fernanda Demutti Pimpão Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000100026

Keywords:

Infant Mortality, Prenatal Care, Clinical Competence, Nursing

Abstract

This review study aimed to verify how studies conducted in Brazil have related infant mortality to prenatal care and to present contributions of the clinic in the light of Canguilhem and Foucault for qualification of the care. An integrative literature review was conducted from searches in the databases SciELO, LILACS, MEDLINE and BDENF for the period 2000 to 2009. The relationship between infant mortality and prenatal care is related to the insufficient number of consultations or to the quality of the care provided. Even when the number of and routine consultations in the prenatal care were adequate, avoidable deaths were present. For the qualification of prenatal care, it is suggested that the clinical knowledge and other elements that comprise the process of human living are considered, in order that the clinical view is enlarged and articulated to the technologies available in the health system and, together, they are able to contribute to the reduction of infant mortality in Brazil.

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Published

2012-02-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Review Articles

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How to Cite

Figueiredo, P. P. de, Lunardi Filho, W. D., Lunardi, V. L., & Pimpão, F. D. (2012). Infant mortality and prenatal care: contributions of the clinic in the light of Canguilhem and Foucault . Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 20(1), 201-210. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000100026