Bioethics in primary health care: moral experience, territory, care

Abstract

In recent decades, several reflections and research on bioethics in primary health care have been
carried out, but a proposal has not yet been established. In general, these proposals argue that bioethics
in primary health care should consider particularities, problems and contexts of primary health care,
which are different from health care in hospital institutions. However, there is no progress on this issue
and attempts are still being made to apply clinical bioethics with a “hospital” logic. This article aims to
reflect on some possible reasons for the low impact of bioethics in primary health care and to present
a general proposal for bioethics in primary health care based on moral experience, territory and care.
This is the first step towards the development of a more complete proposal for bioethics in primary
health care.