[This Article addresses the present state and future prospects of the field of bioethics. The subject is open to more than one attitude of address. Possibilities include preoccupation with the professional status of bioethics, critical scrutiny of its research programs and methodologies, and anxiety abou...
Improved global health monitoring requires new technologies and methods, strengthened national capacity, norms and standards, and gold standard global reporting. The World Health Organization's many functions limit its capacity for global reporting, and a new global health monitoring organisation is need...
Este artículo editorial describe el impacto del tabaquismo sobre la mortalidad en el mundo subdesarrollado y los principales puntos del Convenio Marco para el Control del Tabaco acordados por 160 países en marzo de 2003 (legislación comercial e impositiva, medidas contra el tabaquismo pasivo, adverten...
En este artículo se exploran diversos aspectos de la relación entre salud y globalización. Se consideran diferentes dimensiones de la globalización (económica, tecnológica, cultural y política) y se discuten sus consecuencias sobre la salud en términos epidemiológicos, éticos, sanitarios, ambie...
Este documento examina o impacto da globalização e as oportunidades e riscos que ela representa no tocante a melhorar a saúde da população das Américas, aumentar a efetividade e a eqüidade dos sistemas nacionais de saúde e reduzir as desigualdades no acesso a serviços de saúde. Esta análise id...
Despite spectacular twentieth century scientific and technological progress, the world is more inequitable than it was fifty years ago. This is evident both in terms of access to health care for individuals, and in relation to the health of whole populations. Disparities in wealth and health within and b...
