Open AccessA construção do "sujeito-doente" em LER
Author(s) -
Marilene Affonso Romualdo Verthein,
Carlos Minayo-Gómez
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
história, ciências, saúde-manguinhos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1678-4758
pISSN - 0104-5970
DOI - 10.1590/s0104-59702000000300005
Subject(s) - humanities , philosophy , subject (documents) , library science , computer science
There is a running debate over the relationship between work and disease, namely the disease known as repetitive strain injury (RSI), or else work-related osteomuscular disturbances (in Portuguese DORT), as it was renamed in 1997 by the Instituto Nacional de Seguridade Social (INSS) in accordance with the Disability Assessment Norms. Standing out among the signs brought about by this new infirmity process is its restricted focus on the subjective aspects in the analysis of the disease. Underlying the INSS stance is the view of a sickness-prone subject and the notion of health as capacity for work. This paper analyzes the historical context which characterizes these health/work and body/disease notions. It also discusses the construction of the 'sick-subject' and the way in which such a subjectivizing process entraps the subject itself. Finally, we show the way in which the INSS in Rio de Janeiro has managed to stop this disease of its work-related characteristics, fighting and reducing the occurrences of RSI as well as the costs with work compensation claims.