Ethics, science, and health governance

• Autor(a) principal: dos Reis, José António
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.25761/anaisihmt.443

The present work addresses the issue of ethics, science and governance in health and seeks to describe how these different dimensions interrelate and, in some way, complement each other. For this purpose, a methodology was adopted that consisted of revisiting some studies that had already been carried out, con- sulting and identifying key elements in documents such as the WHO Constitution, Reconceptualizing Governance, a work edited by the United Nations Development Program, and the Governance of the Health System in Cape Verde, to, from these instruments, conceptualize the relationship between ethics, science and governance in health. In this exercise, an attempt was made to analyse a practical example of the relationship between ethics, science and health governance, describing the case of the health governance system in Cape Verde, where it is possible to observe how the different subsystems interact, each contributing in a different way. according to its function, for a coherent and functional whole. The conclusion reached in relation to the “Cabo Verde case” is that there is a path in the health sector in Cape Verde where ethics, science and governance in health undergo a relatively positive evolution, based on through a relationship of reciprocal influence. This framework, set up in a system of inter-relationship and inter-influence, allows the different subsystems to play their role and, simultaneously, each one can also contribute to its integral and harmonious functioning.