Over the last few decades, the perception of disease has changed significantly. In the
concept of the sick person's role it should be the aim of every person to keep health at a …

Most developed societies managed, due to their prosperity and resource abundance, to
structure relationships among free individuals in such a way to leave them fundamentally …

While the virus SARS-CoV-2 is the agent causing disease in individuals, the pandemic is a
behavioural and social phenomenon that has to be controlled by public health measures, of …

The worsening healthcare emergency with the COVID-19 pandemic has demanded a
prompt reaction from authorities to contain the damage related to the spread of the virus. Our …

IUHPE–Global Health Promotion Vol. 28, No. 2 2021 could we have forgotten that the social
determinants of health are interdependent, that health is rooted in social fact and that …

Until the COVID-19 pandemic, Public Health was a little-known. Although the need to
change the definition of this field has been signaled many times, to make the public aware of …

The COVID-19 crisis offers both special opportunities and challenges for Public Health. The
initial management of the pandemic was dominated by virologists, supported by …

If there ever was a public health problem where we could learn a lot about public health
research, practice, policy and communication, it is the COVID-19 pandemic. With increased …

Introduction: COVID-19 requires governmental measures to protect healthcare system
access for people. In this process, the collision of fundamental rights emerges as a crucial …

This paper is aiming to fill a relative gap in science, and social policy science in particular.
That is, a greater focus on the 'quality'of humanity is needed, ie dignity and quality of life …