ALENCAR, M. S. Q. F.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3624740988835366; ALENCAR, Maria do Socorro Queiroga Ferreira de.
Résumé:
Work Completion of course presents an analysis of the professional practice of / the
Social Workers at the Hospital Mr Manoel Gonçalves de Abrantes in the municipality
of Sousa-PB. We conducted a brief explanation of the context of health policy in
Brazil: historical aspects, passing by important moments like the construction of the
health reform bill, the Unified Health System, its advances and challenges in the
current situation facing a scenario marked by privatization, focusing and
decentralization of the neoliberal state. It also discussed the practice of social worker
in the health and performance of / social workers in this policy by checking the
challenges of professional practice of / social workers giving opposite responses to
the demands outlined in their daily work. The methodological procedures used were
a realized exploratory research, field diary and semi-structured interviews with
previously prepared script to collect data that were carried out with the consent of the
research subjects. Data were analyzed in an analytical and critical perspective from a
primarily qualitative approach using content analysis technique of speech.