Construindo sentidos sobre o cuidado em saúde à luz da hermenêutica gadameriana

A relevant contribution of Hans-Georg Gadamer's hermeneutics to the theme of care is focused on an optic that glimpses the subjectivities that permeate human illness. Within this hermeneutic perspective, people, in addition to biological beings, are also subjects of their own subjectivity, and as such, they experience the experience of care from their own affective-subjective lenses. The present study intends to be an essay of theoretical discussion, which intends to build a discussion that generates new meanings for the theme of health care in the light of Hans-Georg Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics. To this end, texts by Gadamer (1997; 2002; 2011) will be used, as well as publications by authors working on the theme from the same theoretical framework. For Gadamer (1997), technical knowledge is obtained through study and experience, since its correct applicability, will only be achieved through hermeneutic-experiential contact with the other person. In this sense, dialogue seems to constitute a decisive dimension for the establishment of a relationship of openness and equality. Furthermore, evidence-based medicine is not, in itself, sufficient to provide attentive care based on human subjective peculiarities.