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VAZQUEZ MARTINEZ, Francisco Domingo; MOTA MORALES, María De Lourdes  e  ARGUELLES-NAVA, Vianey Guadalupe. Medical education and human rights in the medical units of Mexico: towards a new ethical horizon. Med. ética [online]. 2024, vol.35, n.1, pp.108-169.  Epub 30-Mar-2024. ISSN 2594-2166.  https://doi.org/10.36105/mye.2024v35n1.03.

This paper deals with the importance of medical students in responding to the demands of medical care in Mexico; alludes to the historical process that determines this situation and the construction of the category “doctors in training”; it refers to the working, educational and health conditions of medical students in medical units, and their impact on the quality of medical care. From an ethical and human rights perspective, it is argued that medical education programs, and in particular the category of “doctors in training”, can, paradoxically, violate both the right to education and the right to medical care, and harm both the health of students and that of the population they serve. It is concluded that a new ethical support for medical education in health care units should be developed.

Palavras-chave : medical work; systems of health; medical ethics.