Judicialização de medicamentos: revisão narrativa

Abstract

Introduction: Health is a right of all citizens and the State's duty once than the principles of the Health System are universality, fairness and completeness. As the services do not meet public policy with regard to medication, judicialization occurs, resulting in lengthy court battles. Objective: To analyze the brazilian scientific production on the subject of legalization of access to medicines. Methodology: This is a study of narrative review of national literature with searching for articles in databases: BIREME - Portal de pesquisas da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) and Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), Base de Dados de Enfermagem (BDENF) and in the portals: Scientific Eletronic Library Online (SCIELO) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), with the words "judicialization" and "drugs" in the period 2008-2013. Emerged a total 52 articles, 18 being accessed in full and submitted to content analysis. Results: From the analysis of the studies was possible to construct two categories: are demands for legalization of pharmaceutical care and the costs of legalization and management of health services. Conclusion: Is important that both the judiciary as health managers seek guarantee the right to health of citizens, improving up researches in area and updating the protocols of drug treatments. Also viabilize investment and maintenance of health policies.