Physicians Working Conditions Under Brazilian Labor and Employment
In Brazil, Physician employment is regulated by several federal laws. However, it is common to find physicians working in hospitals under contracts signed with individual companies. In such cases, there are no restrictions to maximum working hours. In addition, in 2017, Brazilian Labor and Employment laws passed through deep flexibility, making it easier for employers to decrease the protection of workers against the power of the capital, which worsened the health conditions of both physicians and patients. In 2018, right before the presidential elections, voters pointed out that violence and health are the worse problems in Brazil. One year after that, most Brazilians, who answered a new survey, indicated that health was the country’s worse problem. In this article, I will analyze the relationship between physicians' working conditions and the situation of the Brazilian health system.