REFLEXÕES SOBRE O MODELO BIOMÉDICO E SUAS IMPLICAÇÕES NO CAMPO DA SAÚDE COLETIVA

Abstract

Biomedicine is historically linked to the Cartesian paradigm, which inaugurates a fragmented, linear, and rationalist perception of science within the secularization of society. The adoption of such logic in medical care projects a reductionist dichotomous view onto individuals, focusing solely on the biological body while obscuring the subject and their complex identity. The aim of this work was to discuss the implications of the biomedical paradigm and its norms in the field of public health. A narrative literature review was conducted to map and discuss the state of the art on a specific subject. The conventional medical model assumes a hegemonic role, suppressing any other modes of health thinking and practice besides the biomedical approach. This establishes a power relation within a disciplinary regime that envisions a passive society, deemed incapable and illegitimate in understanding and managing its own health and illness processes. A contested field emerges around the exercise of care, with alternative paradigms urgently proposing the incorporation and articulation of subjective and sociocultural dimensions in health. This involves integrating different perspectives to perceive unique experiences rather than universal ones.