LEONARDO BOFF E AS TEORIAS DA LIBERTAÇÃO COMO FUNDAMENTO PRAXIOLÓGICO PARA OS PROFISSIONAIS DA SAÚDE: O CUIDAR EM PERSPECTIVA

The objective is to weave critical connections between concepts such as healthcare forhealth professionals from the perspective of Leonardo Boff and other liberationtheories. The method adopted was a qualitative design, with Leonardo Boff as themain theoretical reference. This research revealed that colonialist beliefs are stillpresent in Westernized society, maintaining the process of marginalization of certainculturally oppressed groups during moments of healthcare, which favors the socialvulnerabilities of specific groups. Therefore, it is urgent to foster awareness in thesespaces for a more liberating form of care. The aim was to contribute to academicdiscussions that are attuned to care as a structuring and centralizing axis of aparadigm for health professionals, compatible with the specificities of Latin Americanreality, envisaging the re-signification of other projects of co-existence, civilization,and health practices.