[Democracy without equity: analysis of health reform and nineteen years of National Health System in Brazil]. / Democracia sem equidade: um balanço da reforma sanitária e dos dezenove anos de implantação do Sistema Unico de Saúde no Brasil.
Cien Saude Colet
; 15(1): 171-83, 2010 Jan.
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This paper aims to evaluate the nineteen years of the National Health System in Brazil, under the prism of equity. It takes into account the current political context in Brazil in the 80s, that the democratization of the country and the health sector could, per se, lead to a more equitable situation regarding the access to health services. Democracy and equity concepts are here discussed; analyzing which situations may facilitate or make it difficult its association in a theoretical plan, applying them to the Brazilian context in a more general form and, to emphasizing practical implications to the National Health System and to groups of activism related to health reforms. It also seeks to show the limits and possibilities of these groups with regards to the reduction of inequality, in relation to the access to health services, which still remain. To conclude, the author points out the need for other movements to be established which seek the reduction of such and other inequalities, such as access to education, housing, etc, drawing special attention to the role played by the State, which is questioned regarding its incapacity of promoting equity, once it presents itself as being powerful when approaching other matters.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Reforma dos Serviços de Saúde
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Democracia
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Programas Nacionais de Saúde
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
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Pt
Revista:
Cien Saude Colet
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Brasil