Abstract
Brazil is a continental country with its population concentrated in the coastal, urban areas. After two decades of rule by military government, a new constitution was ratified in 1988, and with it came a public health system that was free of charge to the Brazilian population. Although the public healthcare system has contributed to a steady and widespread improvement in health indices over the past three decades, large inequalities persist. For example, a Lancet article in 2011 reported that child mortality rate in Northeastern Brazil was 2.24 times higher than in Southern Brazil.1 Most medical education takes place in the public health system. Medical students like me are able to see at first …
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