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This study presents the Democratic Education proposal applied to the field of health and public health. Whereas the practice of health and public health implicate a large extent of decision-making by individuals, the democratic education proposal seeks to highlight the necessarily ethical dimension involved in such a decision, which it is believed to always be considered as a free and autonomous option for individuals, who have conditions to exercise this freedom. However, so this situation can effectively happen, it is necessary to question whether valid and intrinsically ethical behaviors are always those based, grounded in science and technology. In this context, the main task of the educator who works in the health area shall be to offer all conditions so this freedom of decision-making can be effectively exercised by the individuals. Hence, it is essential to consider diversity and differences, which are uncontested attributes of contemporaneity. ; Apresenta-se neste trabalho a proposta de Educação Democrática aplicada ao campo da saúde e da saúde coletiva. Considerando que a prática da saúde e da saúde coletiva implicam em uma larga medida em tomada de decisões pelos indivíduos, a proposta da educação democrática busca dar relevo à dimensão necessariamente ética envolvida em tal tomada de decisão, que, acredita-se, deve ser sempre considerada como uma opção livre e autônoma dos indivíduos, que possuem condições para poderem exercer essa liberdade. Mas para que esta situação possa acontecer efetivamente, faz-se necessário questionar se os comportamentos válidos e intrinsecamente éticos são sempre aqueles baseados, fundamentados na ciência e na tecnologia. Neste quadro a tarefa magna do educador que atua na área da saúde consistirá em oferecer todas as condições para que tal liberdade de decisão possa ser efetivamente exercida pelos indivíduos. Para isso é indispensável considerar a diversidade e a diferença, incontestes atributos da contemporaneidade.

Aiming at identifying the relationship between the elderly patient facing drug prescription and health professionals, an exploratory and descriptive study of a qualitative cut was carried out using semi-structured interviews. To this end, the Collective Subject Discourse analysis technique was employed. Thirty elderly patients living in the urban area of Maring (Paran State, Brazil) were sampled. They were interviewed from February 25 to March 22, 1998 and selected from the Co-participatory pharmacy database of the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Universidade Estadual de Maring . The finding supplied eleven central Collective Subject ideas, with different discourses. The rich material provided by the study allows better understanding of the factual reality of the elderly facing drug prescription and their relationship with health professionals.