Abstract

SAMPAIO, Juliana et al. Linguistic operators of power relations in the care of persons with disabilities. Rev. psicol. polít. [online]. 2022, vol.22, n.55, pp. 688-699. ISSN 2175-1390.

This article analyzes the discursive constructions of people who provide care in outpatient services in the Brazilian Unified Health System and their effects on the bodies of people with disabilities. This is a qualitative and analytical study, with a cartographic approach, with the participation of workers, managers, user-citizens and their families, in a Specialized Rehabilitation Center in Paraíba that offers multidisciplinary outpatient care for four areas of disability (physical, intellectual, visual and auditory) and autism spectrum disorder. We identified several disciplinary devices, among them the operationalization of different linguistic codes that structure asymmetrical power relations in the control of bodies. We recognize that complex power relations are immanent in the field of health care, not exclusively in the Care Network for Persons with Disabilities. Identifying and giving visibility to the effects of these relationships in the production of health care allows us to define our actions as political beings in the world of care.

Keywords : Language; Public Health Services; Health of Persons with Disabilities; Health Care; Cartography.

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