What is Rationality in Healthcare and why does it matter to the community?


Qué es la Racionalidad en Salud

In everyday conversations about health, we tend to focus on diagnoses, treatments, and the latest medical innovations. But have we ever stopped to consider the rationality of the entire system that underpins them? Rationality, in general terms, is the ability to act according to logic and reason. In the health field, it has traditionally focused […]

Critical health literacy: a key element for a more rational and less medicalized health system


Health literacy is not just about reading a pamphlet or understanding a prescription, but rather a set of skills (cognitive, communicative, and social) that enable people to access, understand, evaluate, and use health information and services to make healthy decisions. The World Health Organization states that health literacy is both an individual aspect and the […]