MICHEL FOUCAULT THOUGHT DIFFUSION IN BRAZILIAN NURSING

Abstract

Objective: To describe and analyze the diffusion of Michel Foucault´s thinking in Brazilian Nursing. Method: Review conducted in 4 databases, which found 1335. articles. After applying the criteria, 78 productions were selected, which operate the concepts of Foucault as a workmode. Results: The articles are published in Brazilian and foreign journals, being a Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem the jornal that most published articles. The first article was published in 1989, noting the grown of publications thas diffuse Michel Foucault´s thinking in Nursing. The largest proportion of research was developed in the professional nursing research line. The most used Foucaultian tools were power and knowledge-power relations. For the Foucaultian domains, specify the use of concepts from the archaelogical and genealogical phases simultaneosly. Final considerations: Michel Foucault is an author whosetools have the power to explore various angles of work in nursing.