Seguindo os fios que tecem as redes com Eugênio Vilaça Mendes e Luiz Carlos de Oliveira Cecílio

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the health care networks defended by Eugênico Vilaça Mendes and Luiz Carlos Oliveira Cecilio, understanding that these are not the Only ways to think about networks. For this a critical Reading of their works was carried out in order to understand how they developed their thinking on the topic. Futhermore, we discuss some of the fundamental concepts for the thought of such authors, such as health districts, polyarchic networks, health needs and layman’ actions. Through this debate, we seek to understand and analyze the progress of the discussion of networks in the context of Brazilian health. We also seek to debate how the debate on health care networks developed in the Brazilian context, passing through some central moments in the history of health policy in the country, from the beginning of the 20th century to the main documents that consolidated the health policy.