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GOMEZ ALVAREZ, José Enrique. Covid-19: philosophical and gerontological reflections from adaptability and quality of life. Med. ética [online]. 2021, vol.32, n.1, pp.137-178. Epub 14-Ago-2023. ISSN 2594-2166. https://doi.org/10.36105/mye.2021v32n1.04.
The aim of the article is to show how a modified version of Sgreccia’s method, with the categories of adaptability and quality of life, is useful for formulating and thinking about the problems of the elderly in the emergency of Covid-19. To achieve this, the steps of the bioethical method are taken again: biomedical fact, anthropological values involved, and response to the problem with the categories of quality of life and adaptability. Empirical data related to old age and Covid-19 are analyzed, showing the vulnerability of this group to the pandemic. Subsequently, the ethical duties generated around the elderly, established by reflection and by means of the categories, are derived. In conclusion, it is sought in a way that the indicated categories lead us to recognize solidarity and sociability as the axis of the balance between responsibility and duty before the elderly.
Palabras llave : sociability; elderly; prudence.