This paper aims to discuss some challenges for healthcare production, considering the intersubjective and unconscious processes that condition it. The methodological approach for the analysis is based on theoretical categories from the French school of Psychosociology, from psychoanalytical theory on intersubjective/group processes and from Work Psychodynamics. The sociability patterns and the dominant means of subjectivation within society impose serious limits on healthcare work. These are additional to the limits of a material, technological or organization nature that are more easily recognized. The intersubjective and unconscious dimension of healthcare work produces effects on the quality of care. The specificity of healthcare work and its demands for psychological work are discussed, examining its consequences for the quality of care. Some possibilities for analyzing and dealing with the intersubjective and unconscious dimension of healthcare work are presented, and these may contribute towards a new way of producing healthcare management.
Delivery of healthcare; Subjectivity and management; Humanization of assistance