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Revista Colombiana de Bioética 2022; 17 (1)

Inequalities and social rights in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: international solidarity as a bioethical reference

Albuquerque A

Language: Portugués
References: 41
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ABSTRACT

Purpose/Context. This article aims to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on social rights - the right to health, the right to work, the right to education and the right to adequate food.
Methodology/Approach. The methodological theoretical that supports this article is theoretical research, whose scope is to develop theoretical contributions and apply them to a particular object.
Results/Findings. It makes a theoretical contribution to the debate on the regarding the repercussions in the sphere of social inequality and propose the international solidarity as a universal bioethical framework to support global measures to address such impacts.
Discussion/Conclusions/Contributions. It is concluded that the international solidarity framework provides theoretical support and a discursive and normative tool with a view to strengthening global efforts to face the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.


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