Ombudsman and health
the transformation of a commodity in social rights
Abstract
The text aims to present the Ombudsman's Office in Health as a possible way to the vulnerability of the individual in the search for a more humanized service, guaranteeing social rights and, mainly, the search for citizenship. It suggests a reflection on the market trend of turning people and their own health into merchandise. In this way, values are redefined and the people transformed into consumption objects. The theoretical reference adopted was mainly the analysis of the sociologist and philosopher Zygmunt Bauman in the book Consuming Life.
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