The "One Health" approach in the face of Covid-19: how radical should it be?
Antibiotic resistance
Bioethics
Environment
Holistic view
Journal
Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM
ISSN: 1747-5341
Titre abrégé: Philos Ethics Humanit Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101258058
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 02 2022
28 02 2022
Historique:
received:
24
03
2021
accepted:
10
01
2022
entrez:
28
2
2022
pubmed:
1
3
2022
medline:
3
3
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The 2020-2021 coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is just the latest epidemic event that requires us to rethink and change our understanding of health. Health should no longer be conceived only in relation to human beings, but in unitary terms, as a dimension that connects humans, animals, plants, and the environment (holistic view, One Health). In general, alterations occurring in this articulated chain of life trigger a domino effect. In this paper, we review the One Health paradigm in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic and distinguish two approaches within it that might be dubbed the Prudent one and the Radical one. Each approach is structured in three levels - epistemological, medical, and ethical. In this way, we show how we humans can better address the pandemic today and how, in the future, we can treat the whole living system better, by renouncing our anthropocentric perspective on health. We hold that the Prudent approach can be very helpful, and we discuss the medical and ethical issues related to it. We also consider the Radical view and the epistemological turn it requires compared to the Prudent one.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
The 2020-2021 coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is just the latest epidemic event that requires us to rethink and change our understanding of health. Health should no longer be conceived only in relation to human beings, but in unitary terms, as a dimension that connects humans, animals, plants, and the environment (holistic view, One Health). In general, alterations occurring in this articulated chain of life trigger a domino effect.
METHODOLOGY
In this paper, we review the One Health paradigm in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic and distinguish two approaches within it that might be dubbed the Prudent one and the Radical one. Each approach is structured in three levels - epistemological, medical, and ethical.
RESULTS
In this way, we show how we humans can better address the pandemic today and how, in the future, we can treat the whole living system better, by renouncing our anthropocentric perspective on health.
CONCLUSION
We hold that the Prudent approach can be very helpful, and we discuss the medical and ethical issues related to it. We also consider the Radical view and the epistemological turn it requires compared to the Prudent one.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35220966
doi: 10.1186/s13010-022-00116-2
pii: 10.1186/s13010-022-00116-2
pmc: PMC8882440
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
3Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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