The “One Health” approach in the face of Covid-19: how radical should it be?

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Andrea Lavazza¹  Silvia Inglese²  Vittorio A. Sironi³ 

[1]Centro Universitario Internazionale, Via Garbasso, 32, 52100, Arezzo, Italy

[2]Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento, University of Pavia, Via Bassi, 21, 27100, Pavia, Italy

[3]Fondazione Irccs Ca’ Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

[4]Medical School, Bicocca University, Monza, Milan, Italy

关键词: Environment;    Holistic view;    Antibiotic resistance;    Bioethics;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13010-022-00116-2

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe 2020-2021 coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is just the latest epidemic event that requires us to rethink and change our understanding of health. Health should no longer be conceived only in relation to human beings, but in unitary terms, as a dimension that connects humans, animals, plants, and the environment (holistic view, One Health). In general, alterations occurring in this articulated chain of life trigger a domino effect.MethodologyIn this paper, we review the One Health paradigm in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic and distinguish two approaches within it that might be dubbed the Prudent one and the Radical one. Each approach is structured in three levels – epistemological, medical, and ethical.ResultsIn this way, we show how we humans can better address the pandemic today and how, in the future, we can treat the whole living system better, by renouncing our anthropocentric perspective on health.ConclusionWe hold that the Prudent approach can be very helpful, and we discuss the medical and ethical issues related to it. We also consider the Radical view and the epistemological turn it requires compared to the Prudent one.

【 授权许可】

CC BY