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Dignidad humana y fundamentos ontológicos: una perspectiva filosófica para las profesiones de la salud
Patrícia Frantz1,2, Francisca Rego3, Stela Barbas3
1University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. patyfrantz@gmail.com.
Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM
|January 8, 2026
Resumen
Este artículo propone un marco filosófico para comprender la dignidad humana en la atención médica. Aboga por una visión ontológica de la persona para guiar el discernimiento ético y la práctica clínica compasiva.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ética médica
- Filosofía de la medicina
- Antropología filosófica
Sus antecedentes:
- La definición de la existencia humana y la personalidad es central para la indagación filosófica, con importantes implicaciones éticas para la atención médica.
- Las tradiciones filosóficas y teológicas históricas ofrecen conceptos sólidos de dignidad humana, pero la fragmentación del conocimiento moderno oscurece una visión integral de la persona.
- La atención médica contemporánea se enfrenta a desafíos derivados de los avances científicos y tecnológicos que pueden conducir a visiones reduccionistas del ser humano.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Proporcionar un marco conceptual para los profesionales de la salud sobre el estatus ontológico del ser humano y la personalidad.
- Proponer una comprensión unificada de la dignidad humana basada en principios metafísicos clásicos.
- Reafirmar la relevancia de la antropología filosófica para la ética médica y la práctica clínica.
Principales métodos:
- Exploración a través de lentes fenomenológicos, epistemológicos, axiológicos y ontológicos.
- Análisis de principios metafísicos clásicos y diálogos filosóficos históricos.
- Crítica del conocimiento fragmentado y los modelos reduccionistas en la atención médica contemporánea.
Principales resultados:
- Un marco conceptual propuesto que integra la antropología filosófica con la ética médica.
- Un argumento a favor de una visión ontológica de la persona para contrarrestar los enfoques funcionalistas y reduccionistas.
- Identificación de las dimensiones relacional, existencial y espiritual cruciales para una atención humana.
Conclusiones:
- La salvaguardia de la dignidad humana requiere una perspectiva ontológica que trascienda los modelos funcionalistas.
- Restaurar al ser humano en el centro de la atención médica es esencial para el discernimiento ético.
- La antropología filosófica proporciona una base más profunda para la práctica clínica compasiva y humana.
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