14 articles in this issue
Eduardo Rodríguez Yunta
Desde su origen, la bioética se ha desarrollado como puente entre las humanidades -con base en la filosofía yla ética- y las ciencias biomédicas, principalmente en un campo neutral secular, en el cual se dialoga en unaperspectiva autónoma y universal, sin... see more
Francisco Javier León Correa
After a first moment of confrontation, in the last years several authors are coming to the conviction that a fruitfuldialogue is necessary between bioethics and religion. On one hand, Catholic thinkers have reflected on the relations betweenscience and re... see more
Ana María Tapia-Adler
The present article reviews some traditional bioethical topics from Jewish perspective, it gives answers derived fromoriginal sources, their subsequent exegesis and from Jewish legislation (Halajá), and it unveils relations among science, faithand defense... see more
Rodrigo Karmy Bolton
This article brings up Islam perspective towards life. Islam is not presented as an "illustrated" religion and vanguardof European "rational" history, nor, by defect, as an "assault" towards the contemporary liberal values of toleranceand democracy. Rathe... see more
Sreekumar Nellickappilly
It is often said that in Ayurveda, the Indian science of medicine, the scientific concerns are muddled up withreligious and metaphysical convictions. This paper reies to show how while retaining the experiential route of science intact,Ayurveda shares cer... see more
Gonzalo Cardemil H.
Currently, it would be unthinkable to treat a patient without explaining him his complications and possible morbidity,without mentioning alternative treatments or, worst, oblige or deceive him giving treatment that he rejects.The case of Jehova Witnesses ... see more
Elsa Díaz Santana
This study evaluates up to which degree physicians of Hospital Dr. Dario Contreras of Dominican Republicknow, respect, inform and apply the General Health Law in relation to the right of Jehovah witness patients to refuse beingblood transfused (respect to... see more
Mauricio Besio R.
Medicine became a teaching activity with its own methodology since the Hippocratic School. As activity, it relatesto those which seek to produce something, in this case the health of patients, considering this as a particular good for them.The physician, ... see more
Paulo Roberto da Silva, Roberto Carlos Barrera García, Rudney da Silva
This article has searched and analyzed the regulatory process of the ethics of scientific research in Brazil. Themethodology consisted in a systematic review, characterized by a bibliographical and documental study, results being analyzedby the content an... see more
Patricia Elaine Gonçalves, Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin, Artênio José Isper Garbin, Nemre Adas Saliba
The study consists on a qualitative analysis of content ministered by Bioethical discipline on Brazilian Dental Schools.Data collect occurred by semi-structured questioners send by e-mail and correspondence. It was used content analysis by categoricalanal... see more
Liliana Mondragón, Zuraya Monroy, Ma. Emily Ito, Ma. Elena Medina-Mora
The aim of this study is to know the conflicts between beneficence and autonomy principles present in physician-patientrelationship during therapy of suicidal attempt.Research was carried out in two psychiatry hospitals of the city of Mexico. The sample i... see more
Elizabeth C. Zwareva Mashiri
This article reports a study carried out in the cities of La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz in Bolivia. The interestwas to know the situation of bioethics in Bolivia and how research subjects are being protected.After revising some bioethical concepts, Bo... see more
Fernando Lolas Stepke
Tiempo y NarraciónMéxico, Siglo XXI Editores, sexta edición española, 2007. La primera edición en francés de esta obra data de 1985.
Bioética en América Latina. Una década de evolución Monografía de Acta Bioethica nº 4, Santiago de Chile, CIEB Universidad de Chile y Programa de Bioética OPS/OMS, 2010.