Bioethics, biopower and health access

• Autor(a) principal: Correia, Paulo Jorge Nazaré
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.7559/gestaoedesenvolvimento.2018.662

Bioethics is a privileged theoretical space for the humanization of technology. Scientific progress has been putting in the hands of mankind an ever greater power to produce, modify, select and direct. The new technological resources generate rapid changes. They raise questions about the present and the future in terms of consistent and dignified life for humans, for different life forms and for their environment. Accompanying this process of transformation, ethical reflection seeks to delineate the basis of survival with dignity. Bioethics is the science that aims to indicate the limits and the purpose of human intervention on life, to identify rationally pro - posable reference values, and to denounce the risks of possible applications. It discusses human life and health, as such, does not concern only all men, and requires, for this discussion, the baggage of the knowledge of all who are connected to health. In order to find a correct path in the face of the various ethical dilemmas, a "solid base", of a foundation, is needed that guides the moments of decision. The present work consists of a review of the literature and aims to reflect on Bioethics, biopower and health promotion. Based on the literature review, it was concluded that Bioethics linked to Public Health seeks to protect users with regard to human rights, especially the most essential: the right to health.