Health, communication, and religiosity: some thoughts about its relation with death and sexuality

Authors

  • Fernando Lefèvre Universidade de São Paulo
  • Eliane Brígida Morais Falcão Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Ana Maria Cavalcanti Lefèvre Instituto de Pesquisa do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo- IPDSC
  • Sandra Dircinha Teixeira de Araújo Universidade de São Paulo
  • Antonio de Pádua Passos de Freitas Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v4i3.660

Keywords:

religiosity, health, death, medicine, morning-after pills

Abstract

We hereby introduce two projects that have resulted from mpiric researches to which we have applied the methodology of Collective Subject Discourse. The contents of these two projects concern the theme of religiosity and its relation with health, including topics about how death is dealt with in ospitals, and about the use of morning-after pills. Regarding the topic about death, some medical students and faculty members from a large university hospital in Rio de Janeiro were interviewed. Meanwhile, young men and women of age 13 to 20, as well as health professionals, were asked about the use of morning-after pills in the south region of São Paulo. Our findings must not be generalized, therefore the research data show current dynamic processes about how death and moral values are understood (or should be understood), which cannot be easily framed within a strict scientific-technological perspective.

Author Biographies

Fernando Lefèvre, Universidade de São Paulo

Professor titular da Faculdade de Saúde Pública,
Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.

Eliane Brígida Morais Falcão, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Professora adjunta da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Núcleo de Tecnologia Educacional para a Saúde, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Pesquisadora do Observatório da Laicidade do Estado (OLÉ) /UFRJ.

Ana Maria Cavalcanti Lefèvre, Instituto de Pesquisa do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo- IPDSC

Doutora em Saúde Pública pela Escola de Saúde Pública, Universidade São Paulo e diretora do Instituto de Pesquisa do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo- IPDSC, São Paulo, Brasil.

Sandra Dircinha Teixeira de Araújo, Universidade de São Paulo

Doutora em Saúde Pública pela Escola de Saúde Pública, Universidade São Paulo e pesquisadora do Nevas, São Paulo, Brasil.

 

 

Antonio de Pádua Passos de Freitas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Mestre em Tecnologia Educacional nas Ciências da Saúde pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Professor da Faculdade de Medicina de Campos, Campos dos Goytacazes, Brasil.

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How to Cite

Lefèvre, F., Falcão, E. B. M., Lefèvre, A. M. C., Araújo, S. D. T. de, & Freitas, A. de P. P. de. (2015). Health, communication, and religiosity: some thoughts about its relation with death and sexuality. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v4i3.660

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2010): Temático | Processos comunicacionais, religiosidades e saúdes

Section

Original articles

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