Medicine and health: at a time of hyperconsumption, what our focus should be?

DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.200933.1.9

Authors

  • Elma Lourdes Campos Pavone Zoboli * Enfermeira. Mestre em Bioetica pela Universidade do Chile e Programa Regional de Bioética para a América e Caribe OPAS/OMS. Doutora em Saúde Pública pela Faculdade de Saúde Pública da USP. Professora doutora do Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva da Escola de Enfermagem da USP.

Keywords:

Bioethics. Social justice. Ethics, medical.

Abstract

The idea of health as “well being”, associated to the hyperconsumption attitude we live in, brings questions to be faced by
medicine and universal health assistance systems such as SUS. This article contributes for these current discussions of Bioethics from one
of the concerns that originated it: the culture of “always more and ever better”. Is “always more” really “better” in medicine and health?
This is the question to be answered by Bioethics as an ethics of responsibility, based on citizenship and social justice.

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Published

2009-01-01

How to Cite

Campos Pavone Zoboli, E. L. . (2009). Medicine and health: at a time of hyperconsumption, what our focus should be? DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.200933.1.9. O Mundo Da Saúde, 33(1), 64–68. Retrieved from https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/786

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 1 (2009): JANUARY/MARCH 2009

Section

Articles