Resumen

SEGURA VERA, Marymili. Primary health care and ICT: A view from Habermas’s perspective. Salus [online]. 2015, vol.19, suppl., pp.5-10. ISSN 1316-7138.

In the Primary Health Care (PHC) the relationship between doctor and patient has been of concern and study in the field of social sciences, since from the quality of the communication process may or may not arise the necessary nexus to achieve good individual and collective health. It is intended in this paper to analyze the conjunction ICT-PHC on the types and / or levels of communication that may develop at the doctor-patient relationship, both the symbolism inherent in the medical discourse, as from the interaction mediated by ICT; this framed in the theory of communicative action of Habermas, taking into account his perspective on technology and mass media. For the development of this written was conducted a documentary research, and the technique used was document analysis. It is concluded that the Information and Communication Technologies are a very useful tool in different areas of primary health care, however for this combination to positive and lasting result it is necessary to approach it from the world of the life of each group involved. It is essential to maintain a communication and training continuous of health personnel and users, so that in this way can get to be ICT assumed as a productive part of the social dynamics that we live and the PHC as the key to a society holistically healthier.

Palabras clave : PHC and ITC; doctor patient relationship; communicative action and health; world of life and health.