Bioethics: Health Systems and their Solidarity Responsibilities in the Face of a Natural Catastrophe. Specific Case: Hurricane Maria (Puerto Rico, September 20, 2017)
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https://doi.org/10.37646/xihmai.v15i29.334Keywords:
Natural disaster, Triage, Beneficence, Justice, Prevention, Prudence, Personalistic bioethicsAbstract
The main goals of a healthcare institution are outlined as well as the challenges it faces in view of a natural disaster. A response from the perspective of person
centered bioethics, based on the intrinsic dignity of the person and open to the common good, is proposed. Finally a reference to a hospital in Puerto Rico that
faced tropical hurricane Maria serves to illustrate the efforts to comply with the bioethical responsibilities before, during and after the adverse event..
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