Blood Donation. A Philosophical Approach to the Rationality of the Assignment of High Risk Patients

The need for appropriate health policies in the management anddonation of tissues, organs and substances responds to the constant internationaldemand for health systems that not only guarantee the sufficient supplyof these elements, but also their safety. However, some of the measures takento addres...

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Autor: Vázquez Parra, José Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:México
Institución:INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY
Repositorio:En-claves del pensamiento
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.enclavesdelpensamiento.mx:article/207
Acceso en línea:https://www.enclavesdelpensamiento.mx/index.php/enclaves/article/view/207
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Palabra clave:Belief
Elster
Desire
Reason
Transfusion
creencia
elster
deseo
razón
transfusión
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Sumario:The need for appropriate health policies in the management anddonation of tissues, organs and substances responds to the constant internationaldemand for health systems that not only guarantee the sufficient supplyof these elements, but also their safety. However, some of the measures takento address these needs are highly questionable, as methods such as the exclusionof certain population groups considered to be high risk could not only beconsidered as dubious and discriminatory measures, but even inconsistent andwith clear limitations of rationality. Elster’s broad theory of rationality allows usto approach a new way of assessing the action’s rationality, thus opening thepossibility of rethinking the different actions that have been taken regardingthis issue, the value of their purpose and the internal rationality of decisionsmade.