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0073/2015 - For a philosophy of medicines
Por uma filosofia do medicamento

Author:

• CLÉBER DOMINGOS CUNHA DA SILVA - SILVA, C.D.C - FORTALEZA, CE - UFC, Farmácia - <cleberd@ufc.br>

Thematic Area:

Ciências Sociais

Abstract:

Medicine and thought, how theses concepts fit in? The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate, in a biopolitical perspective, the existence of new challenges for those who deal with the theme of pharmaceuticalization in contemporary society. These analyzes demonstrate that approaches essentially technical are insufficient to confront issues such as: the exorbitant profits from the sale of medicines, the disproportionate ratio of these values with the number of new innovative molecules and the difficult access to few new drugs. The proposal for a philosophy of medicine in the field of public health, it is appropriate for getting the most critical positions and for the establishment of areas of resistance to the pharmacotherapeutic approaches. After all, the drug is a constitutive element isolated from the human life; though, has become a central component in the management of contemporary life, its proper use requires the exercise of thinking.

Keywords:

Philosophy of Medicines Pharmaceuticalization Biopolitics

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