COVID-19 PANDEMIC: lens to understand the economy-health spiral

This article discusses the economy-health relationship through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on a historical materialistic approach to reality, we investigate the interfaces of such relationship using data from the pandemic period. It also addresses the impacts of the neoliberal process o...

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Autor: Souza, Diego de Oliveira
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)
Repositorio:Caderno CRH
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.ufba.br:article/36686
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/crh/article/view/36686
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Coronavírus
Complexo Médico-Industrial/Financeiro
Neoliberalismo
Pandemias
Saúde Pública
Pandemia de COVID-19
Economia
Saúde.
Coronavirus
Complexe Médical-Industriel/Financier
Néolibéralisme
Pandémies
Santé Publique
Coronavirus;
Industrial/Financial-Medical Complex
Neoliberalism
Pandemics
Public Health
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Sumario:This article discusses the economy-health relationship through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on a historical materialistic approach to reality, we investigate the interfaces of such relationship using data from the pandemic period. It also addresses the impacts of the neoliberal process of globalization of capital on healthcare; the consolidation of the industrial/financial-medical complex and how it was nourished by the pandemic; and the process of social determination of health , which explains the ontologically constructed economy-health relationship, including the specificities of the pandemic. Such an approach refutes a linear understanding of the economy-health relationship, revealing its spiral dynamics.