Dal soggetto frammentato all’etica della cura. Per una diversa gestione dei dati sanitari

The pandemic crisis has highlighted a deep interconnection between neoliberalism and the datafication of health sector. According to the feminist jurisprudence, this model of development lies at the heart of the ongoing “crisis of care”. In response, the establishment of the European Health Union and its cornerstone, the European Health Data Space, aims to create a legal and regulatory framework to address these challenges. However, this article argues that the proposed “secondary use of data” – the creation and management of a health data market – fails to provide an adequate response to the crisis. In particular, the concept of “human capital” reveals the intrinsic link between the neoliberal model and health data. Ultimately, the process of datafication, viewed through the lens of neoliberalism, produces a “fragmented subjectivity”.