Institutional racism from the perspective of care ethics in health services: an integrative review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2020v10i56p3198-3213Keywords:
Ethics, Racism, Health ServicesAbstract
The aim of this study was to analyze, in national and international literature, institutional racism in health services from the perspective of ethics considering that ethical problems are challenges that have several courses of action for their solution or management, requiring deliberation and consideration in order to find the best path, which in turn, needs to be continually reassessed. The integrative review was chosen as the method based on the guiding question: What is the scientific evidence on institutional racism in health services? The search was carried out at the Virtual Health Library and at the Scopus base. From the survey carried out, the study corpus consisted of 15 studies. The analysis resulted in three thematic categories: Approach to the definition of Institutional Racism, Barriers to accessing health services and Disparities in morbidity and mortality rates. Ethics in care comes to support our functions and responsibilities towards clients. When we reflect on the way we are carrying out the care and the consequences of our actions on patients, we start to value all our actions, from the smallest acts to the great actions.