Medical Ethics in the Developing World: A Liberation Theology Perspective

Medical Ethics and Medical Professionalism in Low and Middle Income (LAMIC) Countries: Challenges and Implications.

“…This can be achieved by way of tackling social injustice, sound economic policies and promoting appropriate socio-political development 28 .This eventually will free its citizenry (including doctors and other health staff), from the attribute or survival factors that impact on good ethical practices. This last point is somehow in line with the ethics of liberation theology [29][30] , which attempts to debate problems of this sort.…”

Should a definition of public health include social welfare?

“…There is considerable evidence to suggest that the process of neoliberal economic policies and globalization has hollowed out the health systems of the Global South and made the poor ever poorer. 2 Increasing privatization and trade reforms have made access to healthcare difficult, and have also reshaped access to the social determinants of health, such as food and housing. For instance, neoliberal trade reforms have damaged local food security in the Global South by encouraging a shift to store-bought food away from local food, 8 which in turn has not only resulted in an increase in prices, but also in the incidence of diabetes and obesity.…”

“…1 The concept that physicians and healthcare organizations have a professional duty to advocate for social, economic, and political reform as a method to alleviate population-wide determinants of health dates back to at least the 1940s, when the newly founded World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." 2 The WHO definition continues to exert influence despite the criticisms it has drawn over decades. This definition rightly assumes that health is not merely a negative concept-the mere absence of disease symptoms-but that it must comprise something more.…”

Bioética crítica, saúde global e a agenda do desenvolvimento

“…Por outro lado, também coube à Bioética Crítica destacar que é na parte "sul" do globo que se encontram perspectivas de bioética que buscam suplantar as limitações do projeto hegemônico da disciplina, tal como indicaram diversos autores, como, por exemplo, Fabri dos Anjos (237), ao sinalizar ainda no início dos anos 1990 para a necessidade de construção de uma "bioética que vem de baixo" como meio para enfrentar às questões de injustiça social no contexto da saúde, ou, de um modo mais sistemático, a Bioética de Intervenção paulatinamente construída a partir dos anos 1990 por Garrafa ( 45) e que sustenta a necessidade da dissolução centroperiferia do mundo como único meio capaz de superar as desigualdades sociais que afetam a distribuição de prazer e dor em nível planetário ( 46), (47).…”