Health is not a commodity

Authors

  • Sueli Gandolfi Dallari Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9044.v19i3p7-15

Keywords:

Right to Health, Health Regulation

Abstract

Precisely because health is not a commodity, health regulations acquire relevance in the capitalist world. The current scandal known as “implant files” is enough to demonstrate that the appetite of companies in the area is voracious, and without the appropriate regulations and careful surveillance, not only patients will be highly damaged (in the case, with sequels resulting from low quality and unsuitability of products for their needs) but also the health systems, which apart from affording with the cost of purchase of the implants, have to bear the onus both of taking care of the sequels and of eventual compensations.

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Author Biography

  • Sueli Gandolfi Dallari, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública

    Doctor, master and lecturer in Public Health by Universidade de São Paulo (FSP/USP); postdoc in Medical Law by Université de Paris XII (France); postdoc in Public Health by Columbia University (United States). Full Professor at FSP/USP; lawyer.

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Published

05/30/2019

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2019)

Section

Editorial

License

The Revista de Direito Sanitário/ Journal of Health Law adopts the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internacional. This license allows to share - "copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially" and adapt - "remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially." Details at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en

How to Cite

Dallari, S. G. (2019). Health is not a commodity. Journal of Health Law, 19(3), 7-15. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9044.v19i3p7-15