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Explanatory models of the professional sector in relation to medicinal plants
Modelos explicativos do setor profissional em relação às plantas medicinais
Modelos explicativos del sector profesional en relación con las plantas medicinales
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Abstract Objective: Recognizing the explanatory models of the professional sector in relation to medicinal plants.
Method: The study was conducted with nine professionals between May and July 2011 in the rural area of
Pelotas/RS, with self-application of semi-structured questionnaires, participant observat... view more
Objective: Recognizing the explanatory models of the professional sector in relation to medicinal plants.
Method: The study was conducted with nine professionals between May and July 2011 in the rural area of
Pelotas/RS, with self-application of semi-structured questionnaires, participant observation and focus
group. All ethical guidelines for research involving human beings were respected and each professional has
been identified by the name of a medicinal plant. Results: According to the thematic analysis of data,
health professionals use medicinal plants for care of their health and are able to mention the use of plant
resources in the context of primary health care in times of self-care and palliative care. Aside from these
moments, they encourage the exclusive use of allopathic resources. Conclusion: The strength of the
professional sector with regard to medicinal plants may reflect the biomedical training, consisting of a
critical node of semantic networks.... view less
Classification
Medicine, Social Medicine
Free Keywords
health team; primary health care; medicinal plants
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 2998-3008
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 7 (2015) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i3.2998-3008
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed