The concept of health in the Spanish health system: the singularity of a universal right made a fundamental aspect in the portfolio of services

Authors

  • María del Carmen Massé García Universidad Pontificia Comillas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14422/rib.i02.y2016.002

Keywords:

Health, health law, portfolio of services, healthcare policies.

Abstract

In Spain, the National Health System ensures all Spaniards the universal right to health care. “Health care for everyone” is clearly an unsustainable proposition in a world in crisis and demands rationalization in the protection of this right, for which we are all responsible. Through an analysis on the portfolio of services of the National Health System, this article makes an ethical reflection on the implicit and explicit concept of State protected health, as well as on the criteria of welfare benefit inclusion.

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Author Biography

María del Carmen Massé García, Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Secretaria de la Cátedra de Bioética, es doctora en Teología por la Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Licenciada en Teología Moral y Praxis de la Vida Cristiana y Máster en Bioética por la misma universidad. Licenciada en Medicina y Cirugía por la Universidad de Sevilla, Médico Especialista en Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria. Actualmente imparte los cursos de Ética del Principio de la Vida, Bioética y Pastoral de la Salud, Moral y Espiritualidad, Cristianismo y Ética Social y diversas asignaturas en el Máster Universitario en Bioética.

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Published

2016-11-10

How to Cite

Massé García, M. del C. (2016). The concept of health in the Spanish health system: the singularity of a universal right made a fundamental aspect in the portfolio of services. Revista Iberoamericana De Bioética, (2), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.14422/rib.i02.y2016.002

Issue

No. 2 (2016): Bioethics and health care

Section

Artículos

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