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El complejo Bioético: pigmalión, narciso y knock / The bioethical oomplex: pigMalion, narcissus and knckk
Mainetti, José Alberto.
  • Mainetti, José Alberto; Fundación Mainetti. AR
Rev. latinoam. bioét ; 8(2): 30-37, dic. 2008.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-636968
RESUMEN
Las transformaciones de la medicina que han dado lugar a la bioética como nueva ética médica son de triple naturaleza, si bien guardan entre sí unidad de sentido. En primer término, la transformación tecnocientífica, orientada hacia una medicina del deseo o antropoplástica, remodeladora del hombre. En segundo lugar, una transformación social de la relación médico-paciente, introductora de este último como protagonista de las decisiones terapéuticas. En último orden, una transformación política de la salud, vuelta un bien social primario de economía expansiva en el mundo actual. Tres figuras simbólicas encarnan, respectivamente, estas transformaciones de la medicina hoy. La primera es Pigmalión, el escultor chipriota que da vida a la estatua salida de sus manos; la segunda es Narciso, el bello adolescente que sucumbe a la contemplación de su propia imagen especular; la tercera es Knock, el personaje dramático que con su fanatismo profesional realiza la medicalización de la vida. Pigmalión, Narciso y Knock identifican nuestra cultura posmoderna y dentro de ésta definen la trama moral de la presente medicina.
ABSTRACT
The transformations of medicine, which gave birth to Bioethics as a new medical ethics, are of three different kinds, though they keep a sense of unity among them. In the first place, the techno-scientific transformation oriented to the anthropoplastic medicine, or medicine of desire, remodeler of man's nature. In the second place, a social transformation of the doctor-patient relationship, introducing the latter into therapeutic decision-making, and finally, a political transformation in health, which has become a primary social good in the expansive economy of this time. Three symbolic characters embody respectively these transformations of medicine. The first is Pygmalion, the Cypriot sculptor who gives life to the statue he made with his own hands; the second one is Narcissus, the beautiful youth, who succumbed to his own reflection; the third is Knock, the dramatic character, who realizes the medicalization of life through his professional fanaticism. Pygmalion, Narcissus and Knock identify our postmodern culture, and within it they define the moral matter of today's medicine.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Bioethics Limits: Humans Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. latinoam. bioét Journal subject: Bioethics Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: Argentina Institution/Affiliation country: Fundación Mainetti/AR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Bioethics Limits: Humans Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. latinoam. bioét Journal subject: Bioethics Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: Argentina Institution/Affiliation country: Fundación Mainetti/AR