Abstract

The objective was to discuss the possibility of ethics of care as a basis for the implementation of the National Humanization Policy in Brazilian health care institutions. Four thematic categories emerged from a documentary analysis and integrative review: humanization in the professional and patient relationship and the rights of users; humanization and the effectiveness of the attention model focused on integrality; humanization in work processes: a dialogical praxis among health professionals and; humanization in training and qualification of health professionals. The ethics of care can support the humanization in health, as micropolitics, allowing the dialogical praxis among the subjects.