Abstract

OCHOA, María Orfa  and  MUNOZ, Emma Patricia. Public Policy for Human Resource in Health in Colombia: Elements for reflection. av.enferm. [online]. 2013, vol.31, n.1, pp.113-125. ISSN 0121-4500.

From the International Labour Organization (ILO) guidelines, the present article considers policies and existing agreements for the protection of the general night worker and his projection to the specific health worker, by the understanding of the influence of globalization process in the generation of the economic and political policies. That allows the creation and application of the above mentioned agreements. The requirements of the globalization get the induction of mercantilist view of the laboral force and human resources in the sector of health. It discusses the pressures from globalization induce the commodification of labor and human capital in the health sector and as this pressure exerts an influence of biopsychosocial character in people who work in the health sector who do night shifts. The public policies take importance when the social actors take an empowered of the situation, and they create offers for the managing of the problematic ones.

Keywords : night work; public policies; health; health manpower; health legislation.

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