Flávia Squinca
University of Brasília
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Cadernos De Saude Publica | 2007
Debora Diniz; Flávia Squinca; Marcelo Medeiros
This article examines the concept of disability adopted by the most important cash transfer program targeting the disabled population in Brazil, the Continuous Cash Benefit (Benefício de Prestação Continuada--BPC). The study compares the eligibility criteria established by law and the criteria used by medical examiners in the beneficiary selection process. The data are from a sample survey of 16% of the medical examiners working in the program. The questionnaire aims to assess the instructions, forms, and procedures for selecting disabled beneficiaries. The results show a discrepancy between the formal program criteria and actual practice by the examiners, suggesting an expanded concept of disability aimed at including beneficiaries with genetic, chronic, and severe infectious diseases.
Cadernos De Saude Publica | 2009
Debora Diniz; Marilena Correa; Flávia Squinca; Kátia Soares Braga
The aim of this paper is to discuss the main characteristics of the scientific literature on abortion in Brazil. Data were collected from 88 literature bases, and 2,109 documents from 1987 to 2008 were retrieved. Based on the findings, the field of abortion in Brazil is dominated by female researchers affiliated with public universities and nongovernmental organizations from the Southeast, with training in health sciences. There is no research on abortion in the North, while 14% of the studies were conducted in the Northeast and 4% in the Central-West. Abortion has been a constant theme in the scientific literature in Brazil, increasing in the mid-20th century.
Acta Bioethica | 2016
Dario Palhares; Flávia Squinca; Antônio Carlos Rodrigues
Sports Medicine comprises two branches: one, related to professional athletes and the other, related to the general population vis a vis sports and physical activity. The bioethical conflicts involving professional athletes are different from those of amateur practitioners. There is a constant deliberation related to the requirement of medical evaluation before admission to a gym. There are regional laws that make the medical certificate an obligatory document. It is observed that in the creation of these laws, the arguments are guided by a way to transfer responsibility from the gym to the physician who has attended the client. In a sense, the laws that indiscriminately require medical certificates subvert the ethics of the medical practice because the medical officer is not capable to assure that a given patient has no medical issue; instead the medical work is to try to identify the cause to a complaint. The gyms provide clients with orientation and supervision by providing them with qualified professionals. Although the need for medical certificates for everybody is unethical, a detailed medical evaluation is needed for gym clients who may present clinical manifestations during exercise or have some specific clinical conditions.
Acta Bioethica | 2016
Dario Palhares; Flávia Squinca; Antônio Carlos Rodrigues
Sports Medicine comprises two branches: one, related to professional athletes and the other, related to the general population vis a vis sports and physical activity. The bioethical conflicts involving professional athletes are different from those of amateur practitioners. There is a constant deliberation related to the requirement of medical evaluation before admission to a gym. There are regional laws that make the medical certificate an obligatory document. It is observed that in the creation of these laws, the arguments are guided by a way to transfer responsibility from the gym to the physician who has attended the client. In a sense, the laws that indiscriminately require medical certificates subvert the ethics of the medical practice because the medical officer is not capable to assure that a given patient has no medical issue; instead the medical work is to try to identify the cause to a complaint. The gyms provide clients with orientation and supervision by providing them with qualified professionals. Although the need for medical certificates for everybody is unethical, a detailed medical evaluation is needed for gym clients who may present clinical manifestations during exercise or have some specific clinical conditions.
Acta Bioethica | 2016
Dario Palhares; Flávia Squinca; Antônio Carlos Rodrigues
Sports Medicine comprises two branches: one, related to professional athletes and the other, related to the general population vis a vis sports and physical activity. The bioethical conflicts involving professional athletes are different from those of amateur practitioners. There is a constant deliberation related to the requirement of medical evaluation before admission to a gym. There are regional laws that make the medical certificate an obligatory document. It is observed that in the creation of these laws, the arguments are guided by a way to transfer responsibility from the gym to the physician who has attended the client. In a sense, the laws that indiscriminately require medical certificates subvert the ethics of the medical practice because the medical officer is not capable to assure that a given patient has no medical issue; instead the medical work is to try to identify the cause to a complaint. The gyms provide clients with orientation and supervision by providing them with qualified professionals. Although the need for medical certificates for everybody is unethical, a detailed medical evaluation is needed for gym clients who may present clinical manifestations during exercise or have some specific clinical conditions.
Revista Bioética | 2013
Dario Palhares; Flávia Squinca
Ethical challenges of female genital mutilation and of male circumcision This article is about the ethical challenges related to female genital mutilation and male circumcision, by showing similarities and differences. Male circumcision is a medical procedure to some clinical conditions of male genital health. The peoples that carry out the female genital mutilation also carry out together the ritual of male circumcision, but there are peoples and religions that carry out male circumcision without female genital mutilation. Female genital mutilation occurs concentrated in very poor regions and it is against Human Rights, so there are several worldwide movements for its eradication. Male circumcision can be associated to seriously dangerous complications, so that it is not ethically acceptable to be carried out without a precise clinical indication.
Revista Bioética | 2013
Dario Palhares; Flávia Squinca
Ethical challenges of female genital mutilation and of male circumcision This article is about the ethical challenges related to female genital mutilation and male circumcision, by showing similarities and differences. Male circumcision is a medical procedure to some clinical conditions of male genital health. The peoples that carry out the female genital mutilation also carry out together the ritual of male circumcision, but there are peoples and religions that carry out male circumcision without female genital mutilation. Female genital mutilation occurs concentrated in very poor regions and it is against Human Rights, so there are several worldwide movements for its eradication. Male circumcision can be associated to seriously dangerous complications, so that it is not ethically acceptable to be carried out without a precise clinical indication.
Revista Bioética | 2013
Dario Palhares; Flávia Squinca
Ethical challenges of female genital mutilation and of male circumcision This article is about the ethical challenges related to female genital mutilation and male circumcision, by showing similarities and differences. Male circumcision is a medical procedure to some clinical conditions of male genital health. The peoples that carry out the female genital mutilation also carry out together the ritual of male circumcision, but there are peoples and religions that carry out male circumcision without female genital mutilation. Female genital mutilation occurs concentrated in very poor regions and it is against Human Rights, so there are several worldwide movements for its eradication. Male circumcision can be associated to seriously dangerous complications, so that it is not ethically acceptable to be carried out without a precise clinical indication.
Cadernos De Saude Publica | 2007
Debora Diniz; Marcelo Medeiros; Flávia Squinca
Archive | 2006
Marcelo Medeiros; Debora Diniz; Flávia Squinca