Cogitare Enfermagem (Jun 2017)

PRENATAL CARE: A VALUE IN QUESTION

  • Luana Asturiano da Silva,
  • Valdecyr Herdy Alves,
  • Diego Pereira Rodrigues,
  • Márcia Vieira dos Santos,
  • Juliana Vidal Vieira Guerra,
  • Giovanna Rosário Soanno Marchiori

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v22i1.49548
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 2
p. e49548

Abstract

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The study aimed to comprehend the values established in the discourses of health professionals regarding prenatal care. This phenomenological study was conducted using the semi-structured interview technique, from January to April 2015, with 14 health professionals (physicians and nurses) from four Primary Care Units of the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The statements were submitted to comprehensive analysis and interpreted based on Max Scheler’s Theory of Values, allowing two categories to emerge: The bond as the process of quality for prenatal monitoring: the affective value; The perspective of prevention as the vital value in the prenatal consultation. Thus, the professionals reported a vital concept of their values based on Schelerian thinking and added that the prenatal care network has a woman-centered approach towards a qualified advance in prenatal care.

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