Communitarian therapy and nursing: the phenomenon and its context

Abstract

Objective: to contextually analyze the phenomenon of nursing practice from the Community for Integrative Therapy by the summarization of Brazilian productions. Method: this is an integrative review associated to the theoretical reference of Hinds, Chaves and Cypress to discuss the phenomenon from their contexts. Results: there were contexts emerged about the nursing Integrative Community Therapy, Implementation of complementary and integrative practices, the Production of knowledge about this therapy and the proposed emerging paradigm. Conclusion: the application of Integrative Community Therapy emerged as a new performance practices of health professionals on the experience of the new paradigm proposal, which requires breaking with the model of modern science focused on biologicism, deconstruction of perception and formulation of new forms thinking.