title: [Essential drugs and pharmaceutical care: reflection on the access to drugs through lawsuits in Brazil].
abstract: The guarantee of pharmaceutical care as a legal right established by the Brazilian federal constitution of 1988 led to an increase in lawsuits to put that right into practice. This phenomenon has been dubbed the judicialization of pharmaceutical care. Studies on this topic have revealed, on the one hand, deficiencies in the access of Unified Health Care (SUS) users to drugs included in Ministry of Health pharmaceutical care lists, and, on the other hand, limitations of the legal system to deal with the situation. The present article addresses these issues in the context of the conceptual framework that supports the Brazilian drug policy and pharmaceutical care policy, especially the notions of essential drugs and allocation of scarce resources.
authors: Departamento de Administração e Planejamento em Saúde, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. jmbrambati@ensp.fiocruz.br
authors: João Maurício Brambati
authors: JM
authors: Sant'ana
authors: Vera Lúcia Edais
authors: VL
authors: Pepe
authors: Claudia Garcia Serpa
authors: CG
authors: Osorio-de-Castro
authors: Miriam
authors: M
authors: Ventura
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003249:Constitution and Bylaws; D003906:Developing Countries; D018954:Drugs, Essential / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D012935:Social Justice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D018954:Drugs, Essential