Interactions between the medicine and health system: observations from social system theory

Abstract

The limits and the relation of the medical system to that of health are a subject for discussion in systems theory, considering that Luhmann addressed only the medical system. The function of the medical system is linked to healing, to the treatment of diseases. The health system is still under construction. Thus, the objective is to analyze and understand the operability of the code of the medical system, as well as to observe, from the theory itself, the relation of prevention with the medical system and its relationship with the health system. The method of analysis will be systemic.

Keywords

• sistema médico
• sistema da saúde
• prevenção
• código