Abstract

PINA BARBA, Marta E. Ethics and health crisis in Mexico. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2012, vol.38, n.3, pp. 463-470. ISSN 0864-3466.

The objective of this paper is to analyze the health crisis in Mexico, taking as a basis the concept of Ethics of the classical times, which stemmed from a dichotomy between the ideas of “living properly” and “living with virtues”. It is proved that this dichotomy continues and goes deeper in the capitalist system. At the same time, it acquires the logics of the capital inherent to this historical period of neoliberal globalization, a situation that is not only found in Mexico but also in other countries of Las Americas and in the world as well.

Keywords : ethics; health; system; neoliberal globalization.

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