ABSTRACT
This article results from an ethnographic research about the care of pregnant women who use crack, using as the central conceptual operator the notion of moral economy. Ethnography was developed in two public health services. The goal was to analyzed one of the dimensions that conform to moral economy, the elements relating to models of care, and how those are emphasized and updated in services. It was noted that when elements of the models are triggered in service, they may influence care practices, reflecting in the health staff perception and positioning before the relationship with pregnant women, as well as the treatment and their rights and the rights of their babies.
KEYWORDS:
Pregnant women; Crack cocaine; Health care (Public health).