Which territory are the Health Family Program doctors talking about?

Abstract

The objective of this article was to present some reflections about the medical practice in the Family Health Program (FHP), and the change of the health assistance model from a case study of a health region of Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, using the qualitative approach in the collection and analysis reports of seven physicians. In this study, the physicians interviewed talked about the practice of the FHP and the change in their individual experiences. One of the analysis categories was the relationship between the doctor and the territory. The physicians enrolled in this survey did not know the territory in the prime conception that change the model, treating it as a reaching area geographically limited, what will not bring opportunities of health practices that show the change in the cause paradigm of the sickness process contained in the Brazilian Federal Constitution, that admits the multicausality with social determination.