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The rapid development of technology in the modern world and the application of this to the field of medicine resulted in an increase in the life expectancy of human beings, generating a change in how subjects understood medicine and his relationship with the body and death. At the  beginnings,  the ability of this discipline was emphasized to postpone the death , in the short or long term, through  techniques and theoretical developments on their vision of the human being.

Currently, medicine and technological developments are closely related to the biomedical market. This little coincidence, has generated that the maintenance of a living body was the medical priority, in most cases supporting this purpose under the argument of medical duty and it’s responsibility over life, generating an increase in the demand for imaging tests, pharmacological, surgical and medical supplies. This becomes into a very fortunate relationship for this market.

The techniques applied to the maintenance of the basic functions of the organism become in many cases so invasive, resulting in a deep affection of the quality of life of the subject, eradicating their capacity of agency and autonomy. These types of procedures are known as Distansia. This concept, unlike euthanasia, alludes to various forms of medical violence that can be read as the reflection of the instrumentalization of science in favor of the neoliberal market. The Distansia should be observed not only as a medical practice,  the physician becomes a simple actor who carries out established protocols, be contrast must be understood how an integral way incorporating the influence of the state and his biopolitical mechanisms of domination which convert the body, disease and expectation of healing into a consumer product.