Human dignity and the protection of women with breast cancer: legal responses to abandonment and violence during the pathology
Human dignity and the protection of women with breast cancer: legal responses to abandonment and violence during the pathology
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https://doi.org/10.51473/rcmos.v1i1.2026.2240Keywords:
Breast câncer. Domestic violence. Affective abandonment. Fundamental rights. Legal biosafety.Abstract
The article analyzes the legal protection of women with malignant breast neoplasia using a hypothetical-deductive method, with a qualitative approach and bibliographic and documentary research techniques. The analysis is anchored in a review of recent scientific literature and the interpretation of Brazilian legal provisions — from the Federal Constitution and the Maria da Penha Law to civil liability norms. The clinical vignette technique (an illustrative case study) is also used to contextualize the practical application of the concepts, while respecting the ethical precepts of anonymity and integrity. The study connects the "sword function" of fundamental rights to the patient's immunological resilience. It identifies that the psychosocial stress resulting from abandonment acts as a predictor of tumor recurrence, requiring the legal system to operate as a mechanism of legal biosafety. It concludes that mandatory medical notification and civil liability for abandonment during serious illness are indispensable instruments to guarantee the dignity and survival of oncological patients, transmuting legal norms into indirect clinical support for public health.
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