A perspectiva territorial identificada na Política Nacional de Saúde

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to discuss the territorial apprehension carried out by the State in the National Health Policy. The defense carried out in this work is that the physical territory and the abstract space have been incorporated into the National Health Policy and have guaranteed survival and domination capitalist. Social space is understood on the basis of the teachings of Lefebvre, who, taking a critical perspective, defend the same as an element that constitutes and is constituted by the social relations of production / domination. In contrast, the abstract space, defended and incorporated by capitalism in the National Health Policy, is marked by the triad: fragmentation, homogenization and hierarchy. The territory is approached from critical authors, who understand it as lived, that determines and is determined by human action. And as physical / natural territory composed of a set of geophysical elements. This uncritical territorial approach has been incorporated into the National Health Policy, through decentralization and regionalization guidelines. The work is divided into three chapters that debate: the abstract space and the physical territory produced by the capitalist mode of production; The incorporation of decentralization and regionalization guidelines throughout the history of health services; And the territorial cut and its refutations in the National Health Policy, based on the analysis of the legislations of the three federative entities.