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Occupational Therapy for all? It´s partial exclusion of FONASA in users with cerebral palsy in the Region of Magallanes, Chile

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Vol. 21 No. 1 (2021): Junio
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2021.51411

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The following article demonstrates the importance and need to fully incorporate the various occupational therapy benefits into the catalog of the National Health Fund (FONASA, from now on) considering this profession as a provider of temporary and permanent rehabilitation services in users with different pathologies and / or diseases that last throughout the life cycle. The general aim was “to know the meanings that the relatives of users in need of permanent rehabilitation have with respect to the situation that some professional occupational therapy services or benefits are not included in the FONASA system. This research is based on the discourses of relatives (Parents-Mothers) of children with cerebral palsy of a group belonging to the Magallanes region, where it is proposed from a qualitative methodology (application of semi-structured interviews). Results suggest that the relatives of children with cerebral palsy express knowing the role and importance of an occupational therapist in the rehabilitation process of their children, emphasizing that it is necessary for the State to provide the necessary resources, so that the benefits of professionals can be more accessible. Finally, this article not only attempts to validate the interventions of occupational therapists to incorporate them into the FONASA catalog of benefits, but also rescues the subjective perceptions of those who depend on these interventions, and who are, in some sense, unable to exercise their right to a public health accessible to their needs, from a human rights perspective.

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Occupational Therapy, National Health Fund, Public health, Cerebral palsy, Rehabilitation, Human Rights.

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Almonacid, P., Figueroa, D., Söllner, G., & Solsona Cisternas, D. A. (2021). Occupational Therapy for all? It´s partial exclusion of FONASA in users with cerebral palsy in the Region of Magallanes, Chile. Revista Chilena De Terapia Ocupacional, 21(1), 67–80. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2021.51411
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Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Chile
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