A saúde única no direito brasileiroà luz do paradigma biocêntrico

Abstract

The proposed work aims to analyze the theme of One Health, an approach that connects three interfaces: human health, animal health and environmental health, framing it in Brazilian Law from the perspective of the biocentric paradigm, which sees the intrinsic value of Nature and the place of man within the web of life and, in the legal field, is represented by the movement of the new Latin American constitutionalism. As the One Health theme is not much studied by jurists, the question that arises is whether this approach is in fact consistent with Brazilian law and whether its application can bring advances to the health area in Brazil. In order to answer these questions, an extensive bibliographic research with an interdisciplinary nature was carried out, consulting national and foreign sources from legal doctrine, legislation, jurisprudence, international normative instruments, and even classical and scientific literature from areas outside the Law. As a result, it was possible to visualize that, even though Brazilian law does not expressly provide for it, the application of the One Health is possible in the country, with the Unified Health System (SUS) and the Community Health Agents (ACS) being fundamental to do so. Further studies are recommended to popularize One Health, including within the legal environment, and to probe the most convenient ways of treating the health of people, animals and the environment as a whole in an integrated way.