Reflective essay on healthcare judicialization in COVID-19, from the perspective of Merleau-Ponty

Abstract

Introduction: Reflect on care is to recognize it in the ontological perspective of its existence, so that health and law professionals can develop a human and empathic practice, beyond the technique.

Objective: To reflect on the care of the judicialization of health in the current scenario of COVID-19, from the thinking Merleau-Pontyano.

Methods: This is a theoretical-reflective analysis, held in May 2021, constructed from readings on care from the perspective of the judicialization of health during the period of COVID-19, available in scientific articles in electronic databases LILACS, MEDLINE, IBECS and BDENF, and based on the concept of care proposed by the philosopher Merleau-Ponty in his literary works phenomenologicals.

Results: It is expected to strengthen the interdisciplinarity of the legal field with health, through the reflection on the notion of intersubjectivity of Merleau-Ponty, as a reference for research and actions aimed at human care, broadening the look beyond technicality and in order to mobilize the feeling of human dignity.

Conclusion: In times of pandemic, the effective solution to the current problem is the attentive listening of individuals on the care and attention received both in medical care and in the judicial sphere, in order to meet their expectations and remedy much of the problems arising from poor public service provision, and thus contribute to the reduction of the demand for judicialization and to the well-being of the human being, through dignified treatment and care.