Abstract

LLACA GARCIA, Elvira  and  TEMPLOS ESTEBAN, Luz Adriana. The Covid-19 pandemic in Mexico: The fundamental role of palliative care and bioethics. Med. ética [online]. 2021, vol.32, n.1, pp.179-213.  Epub Aug 14, 2023. ISSN 2594-2166.  https://doi.org/10.36105/mye.2021v32n1.05.

The Covid-19 pandemic has tested all health systems. The crisis that it caused has affected society, the economy, and, in general, all human activities. Palliative care and bioethics play a fundamental role in the management of the new Covid-19 disease that does not yet have a known treatment. The principles of bioethics, coupled with the practice of palliative care have supported the pandemic. Patients who have recovered and those who have died as a result of Covid-19 have at some point required support and palliative measures, either in hospital units or at home. It is desirable to promote these tools: palliation and ethics of life, since not only from technology come the solutions that allow taking care of life and health, and they should not be mutually exclusive. One year after the start of the pandemic, there are still many questions to be answered, and much research to be done. Undoubtedly, the year 2020 will give a reason for reflection to all human beings and especially to those responsible for taking care of health.

Keywords : pandemic; Covid-19; palliative care; bioethics; support.