Servicios Personalizados
Revista
Articulo
Indicadores
- Citado por SciELO
- Accesos
Links relacionados
- Citado por Google
- Similares en SciELO
- Similares en Google
Compartir
Revista Gerencia y Políticas de Salud
versión impresa ISSN 1657-7027
Resumen
LOPEZ LOPEZ, María; ARANGO TAMAYO, Gustavo y PAREJA AMADOR, Antonio. For the right to die of old agePelo direito a morrer de velhos. Rev. Gerenc. Polit. Salud [online]. 2008, vol.7, n.15, pp.155-172. ISSN 1657-7027.
The behavior of the mortality is analyzed in a Colombian region, highlighting discoveries related with the causes of avoidable death and its contribution to the hope of life. Among 1980-2000 the violent deaths prevail, mainly homicides of young men, this makes to think that there is a social problem that is low fighted or controlled. The effectiveness of a public policy to guarantee the health and to contribute to avoid a bigger mortality it is in interdict when more than 55% of the deaths could be avoided. To claim the life is to consider the social process in terms of endowments, capacities, it is to recognize the historical processes of the region which characterize it as area of high exclusion that has facilitated the presence of diverse forms of violence.
Palabras clave : mortality; avoidable mortality; conditions of life; violence; life expectancy; health planning; health planning; life expectancy; mortality; population studies in public health; old age.