ABSTRACT
In the field of health in Brazil, teamwork in the context of Primary Health Care (PHC) is a strategy to advance the perspective of comprehensive healthcare. It is also a way to increase the effectiveness of care in the other levels of attention in the Unified Health System (SUS). The objective of this article is to analyze the potentials and the challenges of interprofessional work with Integrative and Complementary Practices (PIC) in the context of PHC. A qualitative study was carried out from September 2014 to June 2015. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with the coordinators of the services Basic Health Units to map out the PIC offer. The results were submitted to thematic content analysis and revealed opportunities and obstacles for interprofessional work in the context of PHC. It was observed that, in many experiences, teamwork is not based on collaboration. On the other hand, PIC promote greater job satisfaction due to the changes that it promotes in the organization of work, through the greater interaction between practices and knowledges of professionals and between professionals and users.
KEYWORDS
Primary Health Care; Patient care team; Complementary therapies; Unified Health System