Abstract

RUBIO L, Diana C. Causation, human rights and cocial justice in the Commission of Social Determinants of Health. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [online]. 2013, vol.31, suppl.1, pp.87-90. ISSN 0120-386X.

It presents a critical review of the article Venkatapuram, Bell and Marmot, entitled: ''The right to sutures: social epidemiology, human rights and social justice,'' which presents the proposals of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health-CDSS, about causal relationships between living conditions and health outcomes, appealing to social justice and consideration of such determinants as part of human rights. Provides elements for critical analysis of causality and committed about their conception of social justice and determinants of disease as a human rights violation. Points are identified for discussion and concludes with an invitation to take part in it.

Keywords : social determinants of health; causality; human rights; social justice.

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