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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the categories of determinism and indeterminism in the Public Health field and to establish the differences between these categories and that of tire social determination proposed in the context of Latin American Public Health. It is suggested that both determinism and indeterminism are insufficient terms to explain the complexity of health and life, not only in the epistemic map but also in the framework of ethical analysis. Instead, the notion of determination is presented as a complex category that makes it possible to approach the problems related to health and life from their dialectic relationships with social, politic, cultural and economic conditions. Finally, some of the main differences between the Social determinants of health approach proposed by the who and the Social determination of health and life approach proposed by the Latin American Public Health are presented.

Details

Title
Determinismo/indeterminismo y determinación: implicaciones en el campo de la salud pública/Determinism/indeterminism and determination: implications in the field of public health
Author
Restrepo-Ochoa, Diego A
Pages
42-46
Publication year
2013
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Universidad de Antioquía
ISSN
0120386X
e-ISSN
22563334
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1649123341
Copyright
Copyright Universidad de Antioquia 2013