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PEREIRA JARDIM, Lourdes  e  HEREDIA MARTINEZ, Henny Luz. Guess on social and health law in Venezuela. Rev. latinoam. derecho soc [online]. 2014, n.18, pp.3-27. ISSN 2448-7899.

This paper aims to analyze the Right to Health, and Social Law in the regulatory framework established in Venezuela since 1999. It is an approach to health, from the perspective of fairness and justice, this will investigate legal documents such as the Constitution, the Social Security Law, the Labor Law, the Workers and Workers, among other provisions of law and order, as well as discussion of contemporary theories developed mainly by Rawls (1971) and Sen (1992), that support health on the basis of equity and social justice. One of the main conclusions is that the current Venezuelan legislation, consider health as a fundamental social right, based on the principles of gratuity, universality, comprehensiveness, equity, social integration and solidarity, from 1999 to 2012 have made progress and are challenges the state is facing to meet the provisions of the laws of Venezuela.

Palavras-chave : Equity in health; social justice; right to health; public policy.

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