Direito à saúde, recursos escassos e equidade: os riscos da interpretação judicial dominante

This article discusses the right to health as provided by the Brazilian Constitution in light of the increasing number of court rulings that order government to supply health products and services that have not been incorporated into public policies by other means. Using the Constitution's conc...

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Autores principales: Octávio Luiz Motta Ferraz, Fabiola Sulpino Vieira
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2009
Materias:
Sociología
Right to health
public policies
Unified National Health System
equity in resource allocation
legal rulings
pharmaceutical services
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topic Sociología
Right to health
public policies
Unified National Health System
equity in resource allocation
legal rulings
pharmaceutical services
spellingShingle Sociología
Right to health
public policies
Unified National Health System
equity in resource allocation
legal rulings
pharmaceutical services
Octávio Luiz Motta Ferraz
Fabiola Sulpino Vieira
Direito à saúde, recursos escassos e equidade: os riscos da interpretação judicial dominante
topic_facet Sociología
Right to health
public policies
Unified National Health System
equity in resource allocation
legal rulings
pharmaceutical services
description This article discusses the right to health as provided by the Brazilian Constitution in light of the increasing number of court rulings that order government to supply health products and services that have not been incorporated into public policies by other means. Using the Constitution's concept of health as the point of departure, authors demonstrate that guaranteeing the right to health requires more comprehensive social and economic policies. They argue that scarcity of resources places a limit on the formulation of public policies and that equity should be the underlying principle for orienting resource allocation. The article contends that the interpretation of the right to health as the individual right to unlimited care (the predominant position in the Brazilian Judiciary) is sustained to the detriment of the Constitutional principles of equity and universality, and that this interpretation results in a reversal in the primary objectives of the Unified National Health System (SUS), transforming it into an instrument for the perpetuation of the country's persistently daunting health inequities.
format Artículo científico
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author Octávio Luiz Motta Ferraz
Fabiola Sulpino Vieira
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Fabiola Sulpino Vieira
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title Direito à saúde, recursos escassos e equidade: os riscos da interpretação judicial dominante
title_short Direito à saúde, recursos escassos e equidade: os riscos da interpretação judicial dominante
title_full Direito à saúde, recursos escassos e equidade: os riscos da interpretação judicial dominante
title_fullStr Direito à saúde, recursos escassos e equidade: os riscos da interpretação judicial dominante
title_full_unstemmed Direito à saúde, recursos escassos e equidade: os riscos da interpretação judicial dominante
title_sort direito à saúde, recursos escassos e equidade: os riscos da interpretação judicial dominante
publisher Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
publishDate 2009
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