Title

A Terapia Ocupacional na sociedade capitalista e sua inserção profissional nas políticas sociais no Brasil.

Authors

Cavalcante Bezerra, Waldez; Lúcia Prêdes Trindade, Rosa

Abstract

In this study, we present a reflection on the insertion of occupational therapists in the work social division, as professional employees, and the relation between this and the capitalist state, aiming to reflect on the process of formation and development of Occupational Therapy as a profession, within the context of changes in work practices and social policies. Documental and literature searches were carried out using a methodological approach based the Marxian and Marxist referential, aiming to reflect upon the subject matter under an ontological perspective. It was possible to identify that the insertion of Occupational Therapy, within the work social division, is configured as a result of a historical process dependent on forms of state intervention on the expressions of social issues and configuration of class struggle and on the conformation of state social policies in the context of monopolist capitalism. Within the Brazilian context, Occupational Therapy has undergone a process of professional reconfiguration marked by the incorporation of new professional attributions and areas, as a result of societal changes in the country.

Subjects

BRAZIL; OCCUPATIONAL therapy; PRACTICAL politics; REFLECTION (Philosophy); SOCIAL case work; SOCIAL change; SOCIAL classes; SOCIAL control; GOVERNMENT policy; OCCUPATIONAL roles

Publication

Cadernos de Terapia Ocupacional da UFSCar, 2013, Vol 21, Issue 2, p429

ISSN

0104-4931

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.4322/cto.2013.045