Bioethics, health care and social justice

Abstract

Brazilian´s Unified Health System (SUS) ensures universal access to comprehensive health services. However, in practice SUS has not allowed citizens to enjoy a health care with equity, increasing the difficulty of achieving social justice in a society as unequal and unfair as the Brazilian. Ethics proposes equity as a basis for resolving the distortions in the distribution of health, enabling universal access. This article aims to discuss how bioethics can help for greater equity in health care in our country.