Reflexão sobre questões éticas a partir de uma pesquisa em Antropologia da Saúde

Abstract

This article reflects about the ethical procedures from an anthropological research made in three health institutions that provides healthcare for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, in Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The fieldwork includes semi-directed interviews to people diagnosed with diabetes, whom have medical support, and to health professionals. Taking a further specific look to the Ethic Commissions on Health and to the Informed Consent as participating parts of the research. Through these elements I reflected about the ethic issues in the qualitative research, and the politics of ethic that were still under the biomedical domain.