Constitutional guarantees generate negative externalities for the brazilian health system
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https://doi.org/10.17566/ciads.v6i2.388Keywords:
Judicialization, Court decision, Public HealthAbstract
Objective: we aimed toknowthelegal demandson healthand the arguments made by the patient, the defense, and the judge in judicial hearings. Methods: For this,we used themethodofcase lawresearch. The research unit was Brazilian judicial processeswith thematerial objectof healthdemands,decided between2012 and 2013.Results: The results showed reliance onconstitutionalargumentsfor both the requestandthe decision,while thedefensewas based ondiverse andobsoletelegal points. Conclusión: it was concluded thatjudges havedecidedquestions about healthusingpurelylegal argumentsand reproducing points made bythe patient.The defenseof the Brazilian healthsystemis fragiledue to the lack of an adequate legal rationale.
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