title: [Prevention of ulcers by pressure as a universal right].
abstract: The title of the article matches the of the "Declaration of Rio de Janeiro on the prevention of ulcers by pressure as a Universal right" [ 1], promoted by numerous groups and associations related to the problematic of ulcers by pressure (UPP) at the international level, and is a decisive step for joint efforts to give visibility to a problem of global dimension. Efforts previously, and in what refers to our country, have been left reflected in statements [2] pressure driven by the National group for study and advice on ulcers and wounds chronicles (GNEAUPP). The Declaration dealt with masterfully what will be our thesis, beyond a clinical problem--that is--the UPP, and specifically its prevention, constitute a problem primarily ethical character and, more specifically, minimum ethics, as we already reflected more widely in another article [3], by what remains essential to influencing this aspect often underestimated.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Cantabria, Cantabria. jaime.zabala@unican.es
authors.forename: Jaime Zabala
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Blanco
mesh_terms: D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000517:prevention & control*