Yo soy, el Señor, tu médico (Éxodo 15,26). Biblia, salud, y medicina

The formulation of public policies for the health of citizens must dialogue
with the problems and dilemmas of the context. Bioethics and ethical action
must generate awareness in the processes of social change. A leader with
these traits was Jesus of Nazareth, recognized as a doctor or healer in the first
century, who put health at the center of social justice. The narrative method
uncovers the suffering of Palestinian society under Roman rule. Justice and
law seem attainable only with a violent change of powers. Jesus chose a path
other than violence, he went through towns and villages like a doctor, and
the simple people showed the people whom he healed and gave back their
dignity and identity. Jesus was interested in the physical health of human beings; is the meaning of the word “savior”. The leading role of bioethics and
health in human history appears in ancestral culture, in the gospels and, in
the Bible, it is a trait of God the Creator, it is enough to bring the concluding
sentence of Exodus 15, 26, which Martin Luther translated: “I am, the Lord,
your physician”.