Dennise RODRÍGUEZ, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
Helen GURGEL, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
Understanding health in the context of globalization is not an easy task. At present it is possible to find various definitions of health, which basically revolve around two axes: health as a human right (present in the constitutions of many countries) and health as a commodity (whose most visible expression is medical tourism). The search for health and associated services is present in all societies; this phenomenon goes beyond national borders and is permeated by structural inequality. Borders are spaces that offer a broad empirical possibility to address aspects that coexist thanks to their own international dynamics, despite their motives being so different, such as migration due to humanitarian crises and planned trips to buy medical treatments outside the country of origin.
This work reviews some definitions of health in the light of globalization, applied in two urban case studies, one in Mexico (Los Algodones, Baja California) and another in Brazil (Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul), which show the diversity of mobility in health in the Latin American region. The methodology used a systematic bibliographic review to analyze the definitions of health, delimit space-time cuts and select the case studies, as well as spatial analysis. The analytical phase and the production of results were based on the elaboration of thematic cartography based on the data collected about Los Algodones and Corumbá. Among the conclusions of the research, the need to develop a deep conceptual base capable of encompassing old and new mobilities for health reasons in times of globalization is argued.
Mots clés : transnational healthcare|frontiers|globalization|health mobilities|Latin America
A102886DR