Equipe assistencial em oncologia e suas concepções sobre sua prática assistencial

ABSTRACT | INTRODUCTION: Health work contributes directly or indirectly to the construction of subjectivity, lifestyle and the physical, psychological, social and spiritual health of professionals. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the meanings that oncology professionals working in cancer care in the Brazil's public health system have about their practice; to discuss the effects of these meanings on their processes of subjectivation. METHODS: This is a qualitative study in which an online questionnaire was applied and the final sample was made up of five workers: three psychologists, one doctor and one administrative technician. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Satisfaction in the personal, social and financial spheres, identification with the health area, confusion of meanings in relation to the patient and their family and physical-emotional exhaustion from the demands of working in public health are discussed. CONCLUSION: The work of health professionals permeates the sphere of the subject, who responds to the challenges with their professional and unique trajectory. Thus, there is a need to create mechanisms and strategies that meet the demands of the service provided and are consistent with the realities of the work environment, in order to maintain the physical and psychological integrity of the worker, with the aim of avoiding their suffering.