The year public health lost its soul: a critical view of the COVID-19 response

The COVID pandemic was an acute test of public health capacities worldwide. Many will hail the successes obtained and stress the importance of the discipline. On the contrary, this commentary defends the idea that the COVID pandemic response forced public health to enter in a Faustian bargain with g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Contandriopoulos, Damien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
Materias:
Special Section on COVID-19: Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8519326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34655035
http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00583-8
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Sumario:The COVID pandemic was an acute test of public health capacities worldwide. Many will hail the successes obtained and stress the importance of the discipline. On the contrary, this commentary defends the idea that the COVID pandemic response forced public health to enter in a Faustian bargain with governments and realpolitik that threatens the very core of the discipline’s principles.

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