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0163/2022 - “Early Treatment”, Anti Vaccination, and Negationism: who are the Doctors for Life in the context of Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil?
“Tratamento precoce”, antivacinação e negacionismo: quem são os Médicos pela Vida no contexto da pandemia de Covid-19 no Brasil?

Author:

• Isaura wayhs Ferrari - Ferrari, I.W. - <isaura.ferrari@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8162-1324

Co-author(s):

• Márcia Grisotti - Grisotti, M. - <marcia.grisotti@ufsc.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0389-7100
• Lucas de Carvalho de Amorim - Amorim, L.C. - <lucasamorim0@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7413-6195
• Larissa Zancan Rodrigues - Rodrigues, L.Z. - <larissazancanrodrigues@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4326-616X
• Marcella Trindade Ribas - Ribas, M.T. - <marcellaribas@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0593-8789
• Cristiane Uflacker da silva - Uflacker-Silva, C. - <cristianeuflacker.s@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7259-2656


Abstract:

The article aims to identify who the \"Doctors for Life\" are, their academic and professional information, which assumptions have been mobilized for the defense of “early treatment” and the denial of vaccines for COVID-19, and the representativeness of their discourses in the medical practice context in Brazil. The analysis is based on a list of 276 doctors\' names, catalogedtheir website, and on academic and professional information obtained through research on the Federal Medical Conseil website and the Scientific and Technological Development Nacional Conseil platform. The content analysis points to the centrality of the medical specialties of homeopathy and acupuncture in the population of Doctors for Life when compared to the set of specialist doctors in Brazil. The significant accession of homeopaths and acupuncturists to the Doctors for Life movement can clarify the understanding about specific medical rationalities, allowing us to distinguish which categories and ideas about the health-disease process are in dispute. It is concluded that, more than describing the problem, it is needed to establish its correlations with a group of events, practices, political decisions, economic chainings, sharing beliefs, and a chain of processes that configure its undeniably social feature.

Keywords:

Covid-19; Treatment; Anti Vaccination Movement.

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Ferrari, I.W., Grisotti, M., Amorim, L.C., Rodrigues, L.Z., Ribas, M.T., Uflacker-Silva, C.. “Early Treatment”, Anti Vaccination, and Negationism: who are the Doctors for Life in the context of Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil?. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2022/Jul). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/early-treatment-anti-vaccination-and-negationism-who-are-the-doctors-for-life-in-the-context-of-covid19-pandemic-in-brazil/18419?id=18419



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