FONSECA VIEGAS, Selma Maria    DE MATTOS PENNA, Cláudia Maria. Integrality: life principle and right to health. []. , 33, 2, pp.237-247. ISSN 0120-5307.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v33n2a06.

Objective. To understand the health integrality in the daily work of Family Health Strategy (FHS) and its concept according to the managers in Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methodology. This is a multiple case study of holistic and qualitative approach based on the Quotidian Comprehensive Sociology. The subjects were workers of the Family Health Strategy teams, the support team and managers in a total of 48. Results. The results show the integrality as a principle of life and right to health and to contemplate it in the quotidian of doings in health, others principles of the Unified Health System may be addressed consecutively. The universal right to health care needs is declared in contemplation of integrity of being, the idealization of a subject-centered care, one that is our aim in health care, which signals a step towards a change of attitude in seeking comprehensive care. Conclusion. It is considered that the principle of integrality is a difficult accomplishment in its dimensions.

: comprehensive health care; health services accessibility; right to health; the family health strategy; sistema único de salud.

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