Abstract
The career path plays a significant role in the lives of people nowadays. Based on this premise, we sought to understand the meaning of community in the work context of a multiprofessional hospital team. The qualitative research was conducted through semi-structured interviews with eight professionals of the outpatient hematology and pediatric oncology services at a public hospital in the Southern region of Brazil, from April to June 2015. The interviews were analysed using Discursive Practices. We established four categories, which originated from the theoretical components of the meaning of community. The results indicate that the elements of belonging; influence; integration and satisfaction of needs; and shared emotional bonds were present in the discourses of the team. There was a proximity among the narratives of the participants and the concept of community in order to characterize the contexts of the work and of the relationships developed. However, we also noticed signs of hierarchical tensions in the relationships, the validation of individualist practices, non-externalized conflicts, and the difficulty to deal with differences. We concluded that there is a need for higher investments in the validation and integration of the different professionals implicated in the process of promotion of health and of the meaning of community among Brazilian teams.
meaning of community; promotion of health; occupational health