Abstract
Objective
To reflect on the attributes of Primary Health Care and identify the strengths and weaknesses of the care provided to cancer patients.
Methods
Action-research study, performed through educational workshops with professionals who worked in five family health units. Data were collected from January to September 2017, and data treatment was based on content analysis.
Results
Considering the attributes of Primary Health Care, the Family Health Strategies workers reflected on the practice of assistance. The analysis gave rise to the thematic category “Knowledge and practices of health professionals in cancer care: a look at reality”.
Conclusion
The implementation of an educational practice made it possible to determine important aspects about effective care for cancer patients. The use of the method had the potential to encourage reflections on the assistance provided and help professionals to identify weaknesses and analyze and try to overcome them.
Family health strategy; health services research; medical oncology; primary health care; Family health