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Judicialization or juridicization? Legal institutions and their strategies in health

The history of the health sector formation in Brazil was made of countless disputes. In 1988, the Constituent Assembly in the wake of the democratization process in the country, was the main arena of these struggles; the result, drawn in the Constitution, finally pointed to the transformation of social policies in Brazil. We obtained the citizenship right as essential status to our nationality and the right to health as a principle of citizenship. In the context of enforcing rights, there is a discussion of legal institutions, with particular emphasis on the Prosecutor's Office, Public Defender and the Judiciary. It is observed that the realization of the right to health includes the preservation of continuity of public policies through dialogue. Thus, political conflicts suffer more juridicization (conflicts are discussed from the legal viewpoint) than judicialization (to the most, you avoid taking them to the judiciary), since the intention is to avoid the judicial process and adopt multiple strategies and extra-judicial pacts. The ability to act independently brings the political highlight of the Parquet as a mediator in health. The very idea of right to health is receiving a new meaning, encompassing an interdisciplinary character, which increases the possibilities of action of the Parquet on its guarantee and helps in self-defense of a lasting health policy aimed at bringing the world of right in the world of facts.

juridicization's health; Prosecutor's Office; right to health; judicialization's health


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