Terapia ocupacional frente as pessoas em situação de rua

Abstract

A contemporaneity of our society created in individuals who live in it a segregation in which some have a higher level of productivity than the other. This movement led to the creation of a stigma, making unproductive people in individuals who add nothing to conviviality and social progress, and that thought accepted by much of the population considered productive. One of the groups of people considered to be disposable, are the people in the streets. The study aims to know the acting of Occupational Therapy along with people on the streets, using as a tool a literature review conducted in the databases MEDLINE, LILACS, BIREME, Scielo, in conference proceedings and Google Scholar. This ended with the balance of 16 works, 7 summaries and 9 articles. The content of these works had different perspectives on the public, but faithful to the commitment to meet to assist these individuals. The work arising from this review were of great importance to know the movements for this audience, which is being designed and put into practice. Also brought the immersion chance in life and daily lives of these people, the need for more action to encourage not only professionals, but the whole society to the practices for this audience and thought that no one is disposable, that all people have the their place in society.