Modos de acesso, fluxos e informação: a trajetória das mulheres acometidas por câncer de mama

Abstract

This study aimed to understand more deeply some interfaces of high mortality rates from breast cancer, with emphasis on the trajectory of women living in municipalities scenario of higher rates of mortality for this type of a Regional Health inside the Rio Grande do Sul data were collected through semi-structured interviews with families of women who died from breast cancer in four municipalities in the central region of the state, in the years 2009-2011, the interviews were conducted in November 2012. Data were analyzed using the technique of content analysis. After careful analysis of the data, we found that women accessed the public health system through primary care, however, found it difficult to access the services of medium and high complexity, seeking private services. At all levels of system complexity, realized the validity of a model health care uniprofissional, based on disease, curative and fragmented, with strong devaluation of information and health education as part of health care. In order to qualify for assistance provided to women with breast cancer, professionals and health managers have a duty to prioritize the multidisciplinary training in order to transform the National Health System in universal, equal and mostly full, according to legislation that regulates and implements.