Produção da informação sobre mortalidade por causas externas: sentidos e significados no preenchimento da declaração de óbito

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Cristiane Magalhães De Melo²  Paula Dias Bevilacqua¹  Marisa Barletto¹ 

[1] ,Prefeitura Municipal de Viçosa Secretaria Municipal de Saúde Viçosa MG

关键词: Death;    Content analysis;    Subjectivity;    Health statistics;    Óbito;    Análise de conteúdo;    Subjetividade;    Estatísticas de saúde;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-81232013000500007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The study sought to understand the meanings and significances that physicians attribute to the Death Certificate (DO) and the implications of subjectivity in the production of information on mortality. Guided by qualitative research, semi-structured interviews and content analysis, techniques were chosen for understanding representations and experiences involved in the filling out of the DO. The results revealed that different meanings and significances are attributed to the DO depending on how death occurred, in accordance with the different attributes the document acquires from a practical standpoint, in terms of 'epidemiological' and 'legal' functions. The results suggest that the DO used as a technical and objective instrument for data collection and production of health statistics does not lack subjectivity, which turns it into an instrument that in the medical practice and social reality reflects cultural issues, the social position of the subjects who fill it out and their representations of death.

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