Medical Act Bill and Multiprofessional Team

• Autor(a) principal: de Oliveira Fagundes, Ana Laura
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Dias Santiago, Flávia Helena, de Araújo Conceição, Elza Maria, Duarte Vargas, Andrea Maria, e Ferreira, Efigênia Ferreira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista da ABENO (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revabeno.emnuvens.com.br/revabeno/article/view/1372
• topic: Draft bill. Health systems. Dental staff.; Projeto lei do ato médico. Sistema Único de Saúde. Equipe multiprofissional.

Considering the repercussion that the called “Bill of the Medical Act” (PLS 25/2002 and amendment PLS 25 of 2002) has caused in the media, among professionals and other sections of society, as well as its reflexes on interdisciplinary formation, it was aimed to detect the level of knowledge, opinions and expectations of health professionals about the new Bill. The study was carried out with a total of 90 volunteers, being 28 phisicians and 62 named as other professionals. Questionnaires were distributed by the local managers of the health units of the northeastern area of Belo Horizonte. Data were collected from the avaliation of 90 applied questionnaires. Among the 90 questionnaires, 25 (28%) answered that the possible approval of the bill could bring benefits for their professional activity and 50 (56%) answered that it could not. In another question , 57 (64%) answered, that it could damage their professional activity, and 22 (25%) answered that it could not. Regarding the benefits that the possible approval of the bill could have on the service to the population, 23 (26%) participants considered that it could bring benefits and 56 (62%) that it could not. When asked about possible damages to the health service, 66 (73%) aswered affirmatively and 13 (15%) aswered negatively. Through the analysis of the questionnaires, it was possible to verify the lack of knowledge about the Bill and its Amendment among most professionals. As for the benefits, harms and implications on their professional activity and on the health care for the population majority of those interviewed disagreed with the approval of the Bill.