Reflections on equality, justice and allocation of resources in health: The bioethical point of view to the inequitable society's dilemmas

• Main Authors: Evelise Ribeiro Gonçalves (Author), Gelson Luiz de Albuquerque (Author), Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann (Author), Flavia Souza Ramos (Author), Felipa Rafaela Amadigi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa, 2007-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: This article brings a reflection about the dilemma of the allocation of resources to health in a society, as the Brazilian one, marked by severe social inequalities among its citizens. For that, the concepts of equality and justice proposed by Amartya Sen (2001) are discussed and the bioet...