Brazilian public health system and some of its implications

Abstract

The investigative proposal presented in this work is related to the understanding of the Brazilian public health system. It is intended to discuss some consequences of the changes in access to health treatments before and after the creation of the Unified Health System - SUS. The studies concluded that before the implementation of the Unified Health System, health treatments were not intended to promote people's physical and mental well-being, but only to alleviate disease. The concept of health after the creation of SUS was transformed, it is no longer just linked to the absence of diseases to encompass a set of factors, including health surveillance. Health has become a right of all Brazilians and the responsibility of the State (Constituição Federal, 1988). This article also covered a brief history of health treatments and the regularization of medicine in 18th century Europe. These were based on the literature review by Foucault (1979). The methodology used was by means of bibliographic research in order to debate the problem that involves the proposed theme.