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Pediatric care in Brazil's Unified Health System : reflections on the role of pediatricians in Family Healthcare Strategy

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Este ensaio pretende contribuir para aclarar as possibilidades de atuação dos pediatras na Estratégia de Saúde da Família. Apresentam-se as origens, as modalidades de atuação e as implicações inerentes aos processos de mudança do Modelo de Atenção que, desde a Norma Operacio­nal Básica (NOB) de 1996 vem sendo implantado no Sistema Único de Saúde Brasileiro - SUS. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTThis essay seeks to contribute to the elucidation of the potential activities of pediatricians in the Family Healthcare Strategy. The origins, types of care and inherent implications to the process of change in the Healthcare Model that are being implemented in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) since the Basic Operational Norms were instituted in 1996 are duly presented

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