Abstract
This article presents elements that locate care as a result of ontological existence between work and social relationships. Further, it discusses about the conditions under which the work of care has been summoned by the transformations that have occurred in the pattern of capitalist accumulation causing its internationalization. Finally, it discusses the settings of social and sexual division of labor, the commercialization and professionalization of this activity, specifically in the Brazilian mental health policy.
Keywords:
Work; Care; Sociability; Social and sexual division of labor; Women