A bioethical and rights-based approach to the pandemic

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18537/RFCM.38.01.02

Keywords:

betacoronavirus, global health, bioethical issues, international health regulations

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Lay bioethics is an applied ethic that allows us to face the problems generated by the tension between science and the human being.The current pandemic caused by an unknown infectious agent has highlighted the need for the application of this applied ethic, not located on the laurels of the ethereal or purely intellectual, but rather based in day-to-day reality. Decision-making from all areas of health care requires this fundamental frame of reference; the application of correct precepts in epidemiological, sanitary decisions and political measures cannot and should not be done without this frame of reference; or the result will be catastrophic.

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Published

2020-04-23

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 1 (2020): Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca

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Essay

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Copyright (c) 2020 René Fernando Estévez Abad, Fernando Andrés Martínez Moscoso

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