17 articles in this issue
Fernando Lolas Stepke
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César Ernesto Abadía Barrero
Latinamerican last decades' health reforms have encouraged liberal principles where access to services depend on purchasing power, and where emphasis is placed more on therapeutics than on prevention. Therefore, people with high income present less sickne... see more
Blanca Lucía Acosta de Velásquez
The present article describes biosecurity universal norms for dental care, specifically those referred to care of persons with HIV/AIDS, and also it reviews laws and norms at Colombia with respect to the topic.It establishes the routine of evaluating, con... see more
Roberto R. Irribarra Mengarelli
Bio security norms imply an additional cost that has to be managed by the dentist-surgeon. In a market economy, where price is the principal comparison factor for the choice of a provider, a new item leaves the responsible provider in disadvantage facing ... see more
Clemencia Bermúdez de Caicedo
Higher education should include training in values, in order to generate a culture of respect for life, thus influencing positively human beings' actions. It's imperative to review the curriculum -real and concealed- to identify what will really allow us ... see more
Ana Laura Buendía-López, Carolina Álvarez de la Cadena-Sandoval
A study was conducted simultaneously in two universities that teach odontology, in Chile and Mexico respectively, with the purpose of determining the level of knowledge that which students in this discipline possess. It was confirmed that in both universi... see more
Rina Ana Guerra
This paper's purpose is to explore the present state of bioethics as a subject in odontologists' training curriculum in Argentina. It also shows the graduate's profile and his needs according to techno-scientific, social and cultural requirements that jus... see more
Cristina Alicia Deangelillo
In order to be authentic, education must be based on values, not only a training in practice and theoretical aspects. This implies that, for dentistry training as well, we must prepare persons who reflect upon the consequences of their actions. We must tr... see more
Luis Ciocca Gómez
This study expects to describe the relationship between ethics, bioethics and law, pointing out the dentistsurgeon’s interest upon this area. The principal matters implying today’s bioethics are indicated, such as the complexity of its relationship with l... see more
María Angélica Torres-Quintana, Fernando Romo O.
Odontology faces important ethical dilemmas: interaction patient-odontologist; access to dental health; consciousness about population's needs, among others. All of these attract discussion and have to be treated according to ethics. This paper wants to s... see more
Jorge Triana Estrada
This work pretends to awake consciousness, both in health professionals and in odontology teaching institutions, about the risk of loss of credibility facing professional practice. It also aims to inform about the main causes of patients' disagreement due... see more
Ricardo Miguel, Martín Zemel
This work is based upon the need to obtain data on the practice of informed consent carried out by dentists. Data was generated from the University Residence Program at the Dentistry Faculty, L.P.N.U., Argentina. The investigation's goal is to learn about... see more
John Harold Estrada M.
This article describes three theoretical models to face HIV prevention of transmission in these years. These have been developed sequentially, answering to different prevention views, each one representing a greater inclusion level with respect to the pre... see more
María Estela Grzona
Near term premature birth is one of the frequent situations in ethical decision making related to neonatology. Is there a weight limit or a gestational age under which it should not be initiated or added life saving therapies because of being considered f... see more
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