Social Systems, Health and Judicialization
an analysis of Rio Grande do Sul State data in 2018 from Niklas Luhmann’s approach
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14393/RFADIR-v48n2a2020-53030Keywords:
Niklas Luhmann General Theory of Social Systems, Right to Health, Health Judicialization, Health SystemAbstract
The study seeks to understand how judicialization may compromise the integrity of the health system from Niklas Luhmann’s General Theory of Social Systems perspective. For this, it first seeks to know how judicial decisions act as irritations to the health system. Secondly, it analyzes the impact of these decisions on the system, based on data from health judicialization in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in 2018. Finally, it analyzes the risks to the integrity of the health system related to judicialization, as well as the responses structured by the Brazilian political system. The study starts from the hypothesis that health system responses to threats posed by judicialization depend on responses from other social systems. The methodology is exploratory, with bibliographical research. It is concluded that the responsiveness of social systems to these irritations will define the possibility of maintaining their integrity and differentiation.