The excrescence of the arbitrary in health practices during the Coronavirus with the ageing population: An analytical and critical summary of some 2020-2021 publications focused on the topic

This paper aims to be an analytical and critical summary of the 2020-2021 publications focused on the issue of old age, coronaviruses and health policies. From the analysis of these publications, it postulates the emergence of a "health ageism", by which, in the name of "care", o...

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Autor principal: Klein, Alejandro
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2022
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Sumario:This paper aims to be an analytical and critical summary of the 2020-2021 publications focused on the issue of old age, coronaviruses and health policies. From the analysis of these publications, it postulates the emergence of a "health ageism", by which, in the name of "care", older adults have been confined and locked away, indicating that the health decisions taken have implied a new regression of the image of the older adult to the old, the decrepit, in a fantastic resurrection of the paradigm of vulnerability in old age.