Realizing the right to health in Brazil's Unified Health System through the lens of breast and cervical cancer

• Main Authors: Fabiana da Mota Almeida Peroni (Author), Magnus Lindelow (Author), David Oliveira De Souza (Author), Mirja Sjoblom (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Health is recognized as a fundamental right in Brazil's constitution. In the absence of a clearly defined benefit packages of healthcare services that are financed under the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde, SUS), courts have become important in adjudicating c...