RT Article
T1 Human rights of drug users according to public health professionals in Brazil
JF Nursing ethics
VO 20
IS 2
SP 158
OP 167
A1 Ventura, Carla AA
A1 Mendes, Isabel AC
A1 Trevizan, Maria A
A1 Rodrigues, Driéli P
A2 Mendes, Isabel AC
A2 Trevizan, Maria A
A2 Rodrigues, Driéli P
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1779451024
AB Health is a basic human right, and drug use represents a severe influence on people’s health. This qualitative study aimed to understand how health professionals in a public health-care team working with drug users in a city of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, perceive the human rights of these users and how these rights are being respected in health care. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 10 health professionals at the service under analysis. A thematic analysis of the interviews reveals the professionals’ difficulty to define the concept of human right and contextualize these rights in their work environment. A deeper understanding of the right to health, however, represents an important premise for a more humanized care practice in health services to drug users.
K1 Rights
K1 public health services
K1 Health Professionals
K1 Health
K1 Drug users
DO 10.1177/0969733012452681