AIDS and the hospital institution: why to think/rethink this relation?

Abstract

Through the report of a situation occured within the hospital institution, the article tries to focus on the way how the AIDS question has been thought in this environment. Furthermore, it broaches the possibility of compromising the hospital as a space for reflection and discussion. Through the analysis, it articulates the subjects implicated in the situation with gender, sex, sexuality, race and ethic questions. It also relates AIDS to risk groups, as a meaning to promote the occultation, and to power relations within the hospital institution. As a conclusion, the article proposes more questions for us to think over our practice as professionals inserted in this context.