“Anybody home?”: a foucaultian analysis of home care

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-7114.2022.45.10853

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Serviços de assistência domiciliar, doença crônica, cuidados paliativos, profissional de saúde

Abstract

Aim: to problematize home care in relation to its organization, functioning and conduct of the conducts performed by health professionals in this scenario. Method: It was a qualitative research inserted in the Foucaultian Studies, carried out in a Home Care Service of a Teaching Hospital in the South of Brazil, with 12 health professionals. As a data collection technique, participant observation was used from April to August 2018. Data were organized and analyzed with Foucault's tools: subjectivity and power. Results: Tactics used by health professionals for easier access to the home and the bodies of patients, as well as the establishment of power relationships, which make changes in the ways of life of patients and caregivers were highlighted. In addition, study points out the (im)possibilities of the service, mainly for maintaining the patient in the home environment. For home care to be possible, spaces are (re)configured, materials are made available, in addition to signaling the importance of having a family caregiver 24 hours a day. Conclusion: Control strategies in home care are established, so that the bodies of the chronically ill are governed, allowing them to remain at home, a space now institutionalized.

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Jéssica Siqueira Perboni, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Enfermeira. Doutoranda em ciências. Professora Substituta da Faculdade de Enfermagem.

Stefanie Griebeler Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Enfermeira. Doutora em enfermagem. Docente da Faculdade de Enfermagem e Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem da UFPel.

Fernanda Sant'Ana Tristão, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Enfermeira. Doutora em Ciências. Professora da Faculdade de Enfermagem.

Published

2022-05-17

How to Cite

Perboni, J. S., Griebeler Oliveira, S., & Sant’Ana Tristão, F. (2022). “Anybody home?”: a foucaultian analysis of home care. Context and Health Journal, 22(45), e10853. https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-7114.2022.45.10853

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