The use of the "vulnerability" concept in the nursing area

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Lucia Yasuko Izumi Nichiata¹  Maria Rita Bertolozzi¹  Renata Ferreira Takahashi¹  Lislaine Aparecida Fracolli¹ 

[1] ,University of São Paulo School of Nursing ,Brasil

关键词: nursing;    vulnerability;    enfermería;    vulnerabilidad;    enfermagem;    vulnerabilidade;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692008000500020

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this article was to briefly retrieve the meaning of the vulnerability concept, which has been used in the healthcare area; also, to discuss how it has been used in the Nursing area. Amidst several different focuses and objects, studies have been attempting to overcome the classical reasoning of risk in epidemiology, advancing towards the discussion of the social determinants for the production of health problems.

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