MEDICA REVIEW. International Medical Humanities Review

Thinking the Pandemic from the Philosophy of Health: a Proposal for Discussion

Amada Cesibel Ochoa Pineda — 2021-01-11

This essay, which is part of a health philosophy project, deals with the impossibility of understanding SARC-Cov2, and the rest of nature, if we are not able to understand the human sense of knowledge and science, and the socio-cultural conditions of technological civilization and globalized life, without which the pandemic would not have been possible or, at least, its effects would have been mitigated and located in space / time. It concludes with the need to make an ethical approach in relation to freedom and responsibility in the era of globalization.

Emergencies and Sanitary Rules in Coronavirus Times: an Analysis between Brazil and Mexico

Amalia Patricia Cobos Campos — 2021-01-12

The present study has the theme of global health emergencies, dealing especially with the role of the National Health Surveillance Agency in Brazil and the Secretariat of Health in Mexico in the current situation of the Coronavirus. In this sense, actions at the global level to combat global health emergencies and the treatment they have received in the country are discussed. For that, we used a qualitative methodology, with bibliographic and normative research. As a result, it is clear that although there are international regulations in the fight against emergencies, Brazil and Mexico do not have adequate legislation, having created only emergency regulations.

Covid 19: Humanities- Teaching and Digital Inclusion

Roseli Gimenes — 2021-01-15

This article proposes to analyse the difficulties of higher education in a Language course due to digital inclusion during the pandemic caused by COVID19. The objective is to consider how remote education improves communication between students and teachers in the teaching-learning process. Methodologically, we analysed some remote classes in a Literature course that applied Active Learning Methodologies in the wake of authors such as Bates (2016), Bergmann (2016) and Ribeiro (2020). Our main contribution is to show how this specific educational moment, caused by the confinement, brought about the digital inclusion of students through new distance or face-to-face methodologies.

Accompany in Times of Pandemic

John Edward Trujillo Ríos — 2021-01-15

Since the beginning of the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, the measures to prevent this new coronavirus have consisted mainly of social distancing and confinement, these guidelines that have been a great challenge for spiritual accompaniment. Fear and anxiety have appeared strongly due to this global event, which calls for a new form of help. Under these circumstances, the question arises: how to carry out a ministry of support when precisely we must lock ourselves up to avoid more infections? In this work, from pastoral theology, it's intended to elaborate some proposals to answer this question that involves creativity and adaptation.

Puerto Rico, a Sick Social Body: from Oblivion to Memory. A Review of some of the Health Crises and Pandemics in our Recent History

Rafael Lebrón — 2021-01-18

Health and disease are always present in the historical evolution of the human being. The year 2020 has been presented as an extraordinary one in the recent history of humanity with the development and spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic throughout the planet. Puerto Rico has not been exempt from these events. Excuse and necessity for the Covid-19, its social impact forces us to make an approach of the previous health experiences most relevant in the history of the country to understand the Puerto Rican context in its scope and limitations to achieve effective control of the current pandemic.