An analysis perspective on the work process in the area of health: the production of care and the production of subjects

Abstract

The goal of this article is to present an analysis perspective on the work process in the area of health. This article understands that work is able to produce specialized procedures as well as caring acts. It also considers work as a fertile field for the production of subjects who are committed to the construction of a more just health system and more democratic social relationships. It promotes a theoretical reflection based on research developed in health care units in the Greater Vitória region (southeast of Brazil). The article approaches the centrality of work in man's construction, focusing on the singularities of work in health in terms of its relational aspects. It suggests that the work process should be analyzed in light of everyday struggling, and values the instruments and methodological strategies that include workers in the reflection on what is produced on a daily basis. In this sense, it shows the necessity of establishing opportunities for collective speech and reflection on work within the community, so that it is possible to enhance the construction of a new common sense which understands health not only as lack of symptoms, but also as the qualification of existence.