Investigating the Two-Tiered System of Psychosocial Cancer Care in Brazil Using a Distress Screening Measure
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Brazil encompasses twoepidemiologically distinct populations. The health care system follows this same paradigm, with public and private institutions coexisting side by side to serve two different populations. The Unified Health System was created in1990on thebasisof thepremise that health care is a fundamental right and that all Brazilian citizens and foreign visitors should have access to health care services. The private system preceded the Unified Health System and, despite nowmarketing itself as a complementary service to the public system, provides a host of overlapping services targeting those with greater socioeconomic resources.
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دوره 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017