This article have the goal to present the panorama that the federal university hospitals are - inserted in the historical context affected by the productivist logic, state reform and precarization of the work relations and conditions. Was tried here to make a path of this institutions until the present moment, with the movement of the federal government to transfer the management to third parties (public companies under private law). Lastly, from the many questions that were raised with this "new" management proposal, follows some clarifications, inclusive in the law aspect, with the intention to base and start a dialog about the theme.
Public Health; Management; Federal University Hospital
