THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL WORKER IN CARE FOR OBESE PEOPLE IN A HIGH COMPLEXITY HOSPITAL IN SOUTH REGION OF BRAZIL; A CASE REPORT

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.2164142420061

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• Abstract:

  
  A social worker is a professional who seeks to guarantee social rights to users. 
  The obese population suffers constant prejudice in situations of embarrassment and lack of understanding about the multiple factors that affect this population.
  As a social worker who accompanies patients in a Multidisciplinary Program focused on Bariatric Surgery, we identified through reports how socially and psychologically vulnerable this population is.
  The offer of Bariatric Surgery by the Unified Health System (SUS) in a highly complex hospital in the South of Brazil aims to guarantee improved health for people who have obesity and have previously used it in other ways as a treatment for this disease. We will bring reports with a theoretical basis, from a young patient who mentions the impacts and limitations that obesity has on his daily life.