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La silenciosa ruptura del sistema sanitario

Authors: Crespo, Javier;

La silenciosa ruptura del sistema sanitario

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Resumen. El texto analiza la crisis actual del sistema sanitario como una quiebra profunda del pacto social entre el Estado, la profesión médica y la ciudadanía, más allá de problemas de gestión o financiación. Sostiene que la raíz del problema es la erosión del fundamento humanista de la medicina, entendida no solo como técnica, sino como una práctica moral que integra ciencia, conciencia y compasión. La presión por métricas, productividad y rendimiento ha desplazado la dimensión relacional del cuidado, vaciando de sentido el acto clínico. Durante décadas, el sistema se ha sostenido sobre un pacto tácito de sobreesfuerzo profesional, confundiendo vocación con disponibilidad ilimitada. Este modelo, basado en el desgaste, ha alcanzado su límite y ha generado una crisis internacional de agotamiento médico. La sobrecarga estructural, las guardias prolongadas, la burocratización y la gobernanza por indicadores erosionan el juicio clínico y la identidad profesional, favoreciendo la lesión moral. Las consecuencias recaen directamente sobre los pacientes, en forma de prisa normalizada, pérdida de continuidad y deterioro silencioso de la calidad asistencial. El texto concluye reclamando un nuevo contrato social que garantice una sanidad segura, humana y sostenible, basada en condiciones laborales justas y en una gobernanza que incorpore la experiencia clínica para poder cuidar mejor a los pacientes. Summary. The text frames the current healthcare crisis as a profound breakdown of the social contract between the state, the medical profession, and society, rather than a mere issue of management or funding. At its core lies the erosion of the humanistic foundation of medicine, understood not only as applied science but as a moral practice combining science, conscience, and compassion. Increasing reliance on metrics, productivity targets, and performance indicators has marginalized the relational dimension of care, draining clinical work of meaning. For decades, healthcare systems have relied on an implicit pact of professional overcommitment, conflating vocation with unlimited availability. This wear-based model has reached its functional limit, giving rise to a global crisis of physician burnout. Structural overload, prolonged on-call duties, bureaucratic expansion, and metric-driven governance undermine clinical judgment and professional identity, leading to moral injury. Patients ultimately bear the consequences through rushed care, fragmented continuity, and a silent decline in quality and safety. The article calls for a renewed social contract grounded in professional dignity, collaborative governance, and the recognition that caring for clinicians is essential to delivering safe, humane, and sustainable healthcare.

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