Abstract

RAMOS, Raquel de Souza  and  GOMES, Antonio Marcos Tosoli. THE JUDICIALIZATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN BRAZIL: A STUDY OF SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS. Rev Cuid [online]. 2014, vol.5, n.2, pp.827-836. ISSN 2216-0973.  https://doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.v5i2.124.

Introduction: The legalization of health is an expression increasingly present in the public institutions of health care in Brazil materialized by warrants for performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, consultations, hospitalizations and dispensation of medical and surgical supplies. The purpose of this article is to describe and discuss the structure of social representations of judicialization of health activities and services within the Unified Health System by health professionals involved in the process of legalization of health. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study, based on the Theory of Social Representations, conducted with 152 subjects in a university hospital and the regulation center of procedures and beds in the city of Rio de Janeiro. We applied the free word association technique by the inducing term "legalization of health", these being analyzed with the technique of four-digit chart. Results: 761 words were evoked with average sized orders recall of 3, with maximum and minimum frequency of 17 and 10. Discussion: We identified that health professionals have a negative position towards the reality imposed by the legalization, however recognize this feature as required by the Brazilian public health crisis. Conclusions: Health professionals are working under the pressure of the judiciary, with the threat of arrest leading to a stressful routine of their professional practice due to the ineffective action of the State in the implementation of health policy.

Keywords : Unified Health System; Healthy Policy; Social Perception.

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