Reflexivity, knowledge and ecological awareness: premises for responsible action in the hospital work environment

Authors

  • Silviamar Camponogara Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Flávia Regina Sousa Ramos Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Ana Lucia Cardoso Kirchhof Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000600016

Keywords:

ethics, environment, environmental health, qualitative research

Abstract

The article aims to analyze the interface of reflexivity, knowledge and ecologic awareness in the context of hospital work, based on data collected in a qualitative case study carried out at a public hospital. Field observation data and interviews are discussed in the light of sociologic and philosophic references. Workers expressed the interface between knowledge and action, in which there is a cycle of lack of knowledge, automatism in the actions and lack of environmental awareness, posing limits to individual awareness and to responsibility towards environmental preservation. Increased debate and education, including the environmental issue, are needed in the context of hospital work. Although hospital work is reflexively affected by the environmental problem, that does not guarantee the reorientation of practices and responsible action towards the environment.

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Published

2009-12-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 6 (2009)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Reflexivity, knowledge and ecological awareness: premises for responsible action in the hospital work environment. (2009). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 17(6), 1030-1036. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000600016