Abstract

MEIRA COSTA BORGHI, Wanilda Maria; MARCAL MAZZA SUNDEFELD, Maria Lúcia; SALIBA, Nemre Adas  and  SALIBA MOIMAZ, Suzely Adas. The social representation of the patients about the interaction between: general hospitals and School of Dentistry of Araçatuba - UNESP- Brasil, 2005. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2009, vol.47, n.1, pp.140-146. ISSN 0001-6365.

Hospitals are very important for the health system. The objective of this quali-quantitative research was to visualize patients’ social representation, which profited of the interaction between public universities and hospitals. 105 patients in the waiting rooms at the Integrated Clinic at FOA - UNESP in the first semester 2005 answered to the question: "How did you know about the service at FOA? " - in opened interviews, recorded or written. A collective speech of the subject represented the field that allouds a society to speak as one. Twenty three of all patients have been sent to FOA by Health Assistance Centers in Araçatuba ⁽⁷⁾ and region ⁽¹⁶⁾ and twenty one patients assisted in Araçatuba by emergency. We can observe that the interaction between the public universities and general hospitals is a reality.

Keywords : oral health; deontological assistance; general hospitals; universities; patients.