Long-term work disability: loss of rights, survival and tangency of primary health care.

This article aims to explore the experience of long-term work disability (LWD) of users-workers in primary health care (PHC), understanding the therapeutic itineraries and the search for social protection, the elements that contribute to the incapacitation process and the strategies constructed for living with this condition. LWD is a multidimensional phenomenon, with a negative impact on the lives of workers, families and society. PHC has an important role in caring for people on leave from work.