The Concept of “Public Health” – A Critical Assessment

The article discusses the fundamental differences between an orientation towards individual health and concept of on which public systems are built. It is shown that in its original sense, as “virtue body” (Aristotle), has to be understood ability realize purposes actions individuals. In healthcare other hand, “health” always been conceived a good expression certain interests, conception does not have consistent with interests any way. “Public health” normally designed utilitarian way can highly susceptible ideology. extreme cases becomes subject “health obligation” rejected legal, philosophical ethical grounds. place “scientific” medicine reduces people statistical magnitude, self-understanding should restored defines from point view task enabling real interpersonality space empirical existence individuals self-determined free.