The Tao in Family and Community Medicine: relations between Acupuncture and the Person-Centered Clinical Method

• Autor(a) principal: Dias dos Santos, Aarão Carajás
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Brandão Correia, Isabel, Silva, Rubens Cavalcanti
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/1624
• topic: Acupuncture Therapy; Family Practice; Patient-Centered Care; Terapia por Acupuntura; Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria; Atención Dirigida al Paciente; Terapia por Acupuntura; Medicina de Família e Comunidade; Assistência Centrada no Paciente; Terapia por Acupuntura; Medicina de Família e Comunidade; Método Clínico Centrado na Pessoa

Objective: To understand the extent of the components of the Person-Centered Clinical Method relates to the practice of acupuncture, based on the perception of the users. Methods: By a qualitative research with focus group, this study aimed to understand how acupuncture makes the person to perceive their health and illness experience; intensifies the person’s perception as an integral being; allows for the person to participate in the process of care; strengths the physician-person relationship. Results: The themes that emerged included emancipation, self-knowledge, completeness, bonds and affections. They were organized in categories: Integrated MCCP/MTC practice producing rhizomes; Mind-body unity in the context of care; Perception of an emotional anatomy and MCCP and MTC reconfiguring the Circuit of Affections. Conclusions: The study reflects, from the perception of the users, the use of the knowledge that derives from other rationalities to enhance the care performed in Primary Health Care.