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This article presents an analysis of the quality of advertisements for over-the-counter (OTC) drugs addressed to the medical profession, based on the new Anvisa resolution RDC 96 (17/12/2008). For this analysis, 16 volumes of the Brazilian Journal of Medicine (RBM) were collected, from August 2009 to December 2010. To investigate the quality of the adverts, we prepared a questionnaire divided into three parts. In total, 160 advertisements were found, of which 27 were related to drugs exempt from prescription, from 9 laboratories. It was observed that none of the advertisements complied fully with the new rules, as required by legislation (RDC 96/08), with violations ranging from identification of the advert to prohibitions of human figures and subjective messages. Therefore, it was concluded that there is a need to implement more effective monitoring, so as to improve the quality of the adverts, so they can be used as a reliable source of information and update by prescribers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The inclusion of people with disabilities in higher education was a historic achievement, and had repercussions on the political, social and psychological dimensions of this segment. This article aimed to verify how insertion in higher education helps promote resilience for graduate students with disabilities. The fieldwork took place at two universities (one public and one private) in a medium-sized city from São Paulo state, Brazil. After defining the inclusion criteria, seven participants were recruited, five with visual impairment and two with physical impairment. Semi-structured and reflexive interviews were conducted, and all the material was fully transcribed and subsequently submitted to content analysis. The results were systematized around five categories: a) identity affirmation and non-victimization; b) possibility of nurturing life projects; c) difference and reciprocity; d) experiences of altruism; e) social participation, critical sense and claiming rights. The research showed that access to the university had a positive impact on the participants' lives, encouraging them to maintain and / or build life projects, to promote well-being, and to discover new possibilities of existence, previously little experienced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a discussion on health care humanization, bringing the results of a research aimed at diagnosing the effectiveness of Workgroups of Humanization in the process of heatlh care humanization from the users', professionals' and managers' viewpoints. It is an exploratory research, in that it dealt with aspects of reality, and characterizes as a bibliographic, documental, and investigative study. The research was carried out from 2008 to 2009, and the data was collected at two public hospitals in the State of Santa Catarina. The results showed that the National Policy for Humanization was greatly unknown and that the Workgroups of Humanization were not effective in the process of health care humanization; many of the factors considered essential for the effectiveness of the process escaped their control, their possibility of implementing actions, since they were mainly related to issues within the broader political and administrative sphere, as well as the characteristics of the capitalist sociability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]