CIVIL LIABILITY OF THE STATE AS A RESULT OF MEDICAL ERROR IN THE AESTHETIC REPARATIONS PERFORMED BY THE SINGLE HEALTH SYSTEM

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to address the State’s civil liability as a result of medical error. It analyzes the liability to which the State and its agents are subject. A study of civil liability is made, as well as a rapid historical evolution about the types of liability and the requirements for its compliance with the legal standard. For a better understanding of the matter, we study the case law on civil liability, as well as the applicability of liability as a result of medical error, in order to study the repercussion of the dimension of aesthetic medical error practiced by public agents linked to the Unified Health System, the SUS in Brazil.