The Right to Health as a Tool of Social Control: Compulsory Treatment Orders by Courts in Brazil
Brazilian citizens have a constitutional right to health. This right has also been a powerful instrument in the judicial enforcement of drug dependence treatment in Brazil. This study reviews a sample of decisions from the state of São Paulo and provides evidence that the right to health has been u...
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Main Author: | Luciano Bottini Filho (Author) |
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Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights,
2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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