Complementary medicines: experiences of people related to health insurance in the cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro

Authors

  • Maria Elisa Gonzalez Manso Médica e bacharel em Direito. Professora Centro Universitário São Camilo e UNISA SP. ORCID iD: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5446-233X
  • Leonardo Garcia Goes Medicina Centro Universitário São Camilo (CUSC), São Paulo, SP, Brasil. P

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2019v22i1p147-161

Keywords:

Complementary Therapies, Chronic disease, Health insurance.

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Complementary medicines are a set of practices that do not belong to the scope of conventional medicine, whose purpose is to expand the integral care of the human being. This research presents a qualitative study that analyzes the use of complementary practices by a group of elderly people linked to a health plan, in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. All interviewees sought complementary practices without, however, abandoning the biomedical service, thus constituting a rich therapeutic itinerary.

 

Author Biographies

Maria Elisa Gonzalez Manso, Médica e bacharel em Direito. Professora Centro Universitário São Camilo e UNISA SP. ORCID iD: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5446-233X

Doutora em Ciências Sociais e Mestre em Gerontologia, com foco no Social. Pós-doutoranda em Gerontologia Social. Médica e bacharel em Direito. Professora Centro Universitário São Camilo e UNISA SP.

ORCID iD: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5446-233X

 

Leonardo Garcia Goes, Medicina Centro Universitário São Camilo (CUSC), São Paulo, SP, Brasil. P

Graduando de Medicina Centro Universitário São Camilo (CUSC), São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Participante Programa de Iniciação Científica do CUSC SP e Presidente da Liga Acadêmica de Medicina Integrativa e Espiritualidade.

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8578-6791.

 

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Published

2019-03-30

How to Cite

Manso, M. E. G., & Goes, L. G. (2019). Complementary medicines: experiences of people related to health insurance in the cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 22(1), 147–161. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2019v22i1p147-161

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Papers

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