[Persons with disabilities and Brazilian healthcare policies: thoughts about bioethics]. / Pessoas com deficiência e políticas de saúde no Brasil: reflexões bioéticas.
Cien Saude Colet
; 14(1): 31-8, 2009.
Article
in Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19142306
The purpose of this article is to analyze the dilemma of allocation of public funds to the healthcare of people with disabilities in Brazil from a bioethical standpoint. The concept of disability and the legal framework are presented; the question of budgetary constraints and theoretical bioethics references about this issue are discussed; and the role of Bioethics of Protection and Bioethics of Intervention is stressed. It is concluded that, because of their vulnerability, people with disabilities should be protected by the state and funds must be allocated to guarantee their access to healthcare services. However, in spite of the existing legal basis, the actual destination of public funds to people with disabilities still depends on other factors, among others social and political participation of the disabled persons themselves in the negotiation of healthcare policies.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Disabled Persons
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Bioethical Issues
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Health Policy
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Ethics
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
Pt
Journal:
Cien Saude Colet
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
Brazil