The healthcare network to the amputee

Objective

Analyzing the network of care for the amputee from the perspective of healthcare professionals inserted in high complexity services.

Methods

A qualitative research with data collection through semi-structured interviews with professionals from different areas involved in care of the amputee.

Results

It was observed that a part of the interviewed professionals knows and acts in a perspective of referral to rehabilitation, while others are unaware of the flow of referrals, as well as of the care network that supports these users.

Conclusion

The data showed the multidisciplinary and inter-institutional work occurring in some areas as the great fortress in the context of rehabilitation. The main weaknesses found were the lack of knowledge of high complexity professionals about the networks of health care, and the way rehabilitation is seen, not inserted in a context of care unless there is the possibility or occurrence of amputation.

Health care (Public Health); Nursing in public health; Ethics; Amputation; Information services