Juridicization and  Judicialization of  Health by the  Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Minas Gerais Between 2016 and 2020

Authors

  • Luciano Moreira de Oliveira Public Prosecutor’s Office. Operational Support Center for Public Prosecutors for the Defense of Health. Belo Horizonte/ MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3781-2398
  • Maria Gabriela Araújo Diniz Public Prosecutor’s Office. Operational Support Center for Public Prosecutors for the Defense of Health. Belo Horizonte/ MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6681-4013
  • Eluciana Íris Almeida Cardoso Public Prosecutor’s Office. Operational Support Center for Public Prosecutors for the Defense of Health. Belo Horizonte/ MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3065-465X
  • Karina Alves Ramos Public Prosecutor’s Office. Operational Support Center for Public Prosecutors for the Defense of Health. Belo Horizonte/ MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5819-2891

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9044.rdisan.2023.200220

Keywords:

Rigth to health, Judicialization of health, Juridicization of health, Public Prosecutor’s Office

Abstract

With the promulgation of the 1988 Constitution, the Public Prosecutor’s Office was consolidated as an institution with the role of ensuring that public authorities and services of public relevance respect the rights guaranteed in the Constitution. This attribution is the origin of the close relationship between the acting of the Public Prosecutor in defending the right to health and the Brazilian National Public Health System. In this performance, two ideal types can be identified: the demanding model and the resolutive model, where the latter prioritizes the extrajudicial attempt of conflict resolution, which is characteristic of the juridicization of health. This paper aimed to contribute to studies of the juridicization of health and furthermore to the understanding of  the protection of the right to health exercised by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. To this end it was realized an analysis of the data regarding the procedures registered by the members of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Minas Gerais in the Unified Registry System between January 1st, 2016 and December 31st, 2020. It was found that the predominant form of action of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Minas Gerais corresponds to the resolutive model, since only around 10% of the closed procedures had the filing of a lawsuit as an outcome. The analysis also shows the classification by themes and by type of procedure, leading to the interpretation that a more reactive work to the demands brought to the Prosecutor’s Offices prevails at the expense of the appreciation of collective and structuring themes and public policies of the Brazilian National Public Health System.

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Author Biographies

  • Luciano Moreira de Oliveira, Public Prosecutor’s Office. Operational Support Center for Public Prosecutors for the Defense of Health. Belo Horizonte/ MG, Brazil

    Doctorate in Public Law from the Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal); Master's degree in Public Health from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG); specialization in Health Law from the School of Public Health of Minas Gerais (ESP-MG). Public Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Minas Gerais (FESMP/MG); coordinator of the Operational Support Center for Public Prosecutors for the Defense of Health.

  • Maria Gabriela Araújo Diniz, Public Prosecutor’s Office. Operational Support Center for Public Prosecutors for the Defense of Health. Belo Horizonte/ MG, Brazil

    Doctorate in Human Rights from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP); Master’s degree in International Relations from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas); specialization in Health Work and Education Management from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). She is an advisor to the Center for Operational Support for Health Prosecutors' Offices.

  • Eluciana Íris Almeida Cardoso, Public Prosecutor’s Office. Operational Support Center for Public Prosecutors for the Defense of Health. Belo Horizonte/ MG, Brazil

    Post-graduate degree in Civil Procedure and Labor Law and Procedure from Faveni College; undergraduate degree in Law. Clinical Nutritionist at Pitágoras College.

  • Karina Alves Ramos, Public Prosecutor’s Office. Operational Support Center for Public Prosecutors for the Defense of Health. Belo Horizonte/ MG, Brazil

    Doctorate in Public Health from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation; Master's degree in Medicines and Pharmaceutical Assistance from the Pharmacy School of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG); specialization in Health Surveillance from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC Goiás); specialization in Health Law from the School of Public Health of the State of Minas Gerais (ESP-MG); specialization in Teaching and Research for Health from the Instituto Superior de Ensino Ateneu (ISEAT). Public Health Analyst at the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Minas Gerais.

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Oliveira, L. M. de ., Diniz, M. G. A., Cardoso, E. Íris A. ., & Ramos, K. A. (2023). Juridicization and  Judicialization of  Health by the  Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Minas Gerais Between 2016 and 2020. Journal of Health Law, 23, e0018. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9044.rdisan.2023.200220