Abstract

ESCOBAR-LOPEZ, María Teresa; GARCIA-PEREANEZ, José Antonio  and  RIVAS-MUNOZ, Fabio Aurelio. Approach to equity in health in perspective of dignity: notes for a social bioethics. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.1, pp.172-190. ISSN 1657-4702.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rlbi.3161.

The paper addresses the health perspective, fundamentally commercial, which governs the health destinations around the world since the last years of the twentieth century, from an assessment of Philip Musgrove, a former World Bank (WB) official and former editor of Health Affairs. Musgrove was one of the protagonists in the preparation of the report that ended up putting health openly in the hands of the World Bank. His vision of health was essentially economistic and individualistic and set aside any glance at the dignity of human beings, whether it is a term that, like love or beauty, is difficult to define, but of vital importance for reflection in social bioethics. This article begins with a brief tour around this concept, and then connects it with the search strategy and reduction of inequities in health, which is consistent with the look at the social determinants, according to the final report of the commission appointed for this affair. Another look is also offered for reflection on equity in health, according to the referents between the quality of life and well-being.

Keywords : Dignity; justice; social determinants; public health; social bioethics.

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