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This article investigates the circumstances in which Brazil's sanitation reform was conceived and the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) was constructed. A brief analysis is conducted of Brazil's political transition to democracy, focusing on three political challenges facing the consolidation of SUS: its weak support base amongst workers, competition with the private sector, and the fragmentation of its administration caused by its municipalization. Finally, the changes in the scenario caused by the weakening of neoliberalism since the 2008 crisis, the reemergence of a multipolar political scenario internationally, and the financing conditions of the Brazilian State are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews labor regulation of family doctors in Brazil and other countries, aiming to discuss recent measures of the Ministry of Health that regulated the workload of physicians in the Family Health Care Strategy. The approach is taken from literature and Brazilian legislation on the subject, in a comparative perspective with experiences from other countries. The research revealed the existence of a pattern of poor state regulation of both medical labor and training in Brazil, especially with regard to family medicine, as compared with international experiences. This resulted in low supply of professionals for the Family Health Care Strategy and contributed to the recent flexibilization of workload of physicians and the creation of the Mais Médicos Program by the Ministry of Health. The option for flexibilization in place of more regulation on the profession can affect the integration of family health teams, which is a central element of the strategy and seemingly contradicts the emphasis on the priority of their role as repeatedly stated by the ministry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper analyzes the conditions that interfere with the setting of the physician in the Family Health Strategy. It is a qualitative research involving documentary analysis of human resources policies practiced, application and analysis of questionnaires and focus groups to identify the physicians' perception of their work in the strategy. There was a high turnover of doctors, determined by job dissatisfaction, poor working conditions and heavy workload. Among the characteristics of the human resources local politics stood out distortions in relation to remuneration, and problems with job plans, career and wages for family doctors, which limit and penalize the professional rise. The main reasons identified in the research that promote the continuity were identification with the strategy's philosophy, professional vocation and ability to serve the community. Reflections on human resources management in the strategy and SUS as a whole were presented, pointing out some of its main weaknesses, mostly including: deficiencies in vocational training policy for the specialty, insufficient regulation of the medical profession in Brazil by the State, and excessive political interference in the provision of public health services, particularly in this strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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