15 articles in this issue
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Francisco J. León Correa
In assisted reproductive techniques two moral agents are confronted in informed dialogue: the medical team and the couple with infertility or sterility problems. The offspring in this dialogue is a basic human rights for both parts.There is danger of scie... see more
Gabriel Jaime Montoya Montoya
Ethics of care is a theoretical and practical construct which highlights the essentially human and emotional bond between the health care professional and the patient. This essay emphasizes its application to the field of reproductive health and, mainly, ... see more
Alejandra Gajardo Ugás
Diseases of genetic origin presently cause around 34% of the deaths of minors under a year old. The knowledge obtained since the Human Genome Project begun has provided tools for prevention and cure. Among them genetic counseling is included, which must p... see more
Sergio Cecchetto, Patricia Urbandt, María Carla Bostiancic
Argentine's congress recently dictated the 26.130-2006 law about the procedure for sterilization surgery interventions in men and women. This work offers a review of the legal situation in Argentine and in the world. It points out critical observations to... see more
Raúl Villarroel Soto
This essay tries to show a moral, social and politically relevant debate in Chile: the controversy about emergency contraception and the decision of government authorities to authorize state health care services to distribute the drug commonly known as "t... see more
Lidia Casas Becerra, Claudia Dides Castillo
This paper meditates upon conscientious objection and reproductive health in two paradigmatic cases: emergency contraception and voluntary sterilization. Several questions arise regarding conscientious objection towards reproductive health and its ethical... see more
Ester Valenzuela Rivera, Lidia Casas Becerra
Adolescents face cultural and institutional obstacles when visiting health care services searching for sexual and reproductive health care. Youngsters who consider themselves at risk for HIV/AIDS undergo discrimination due to socioeconomic reasons, and th... see more
Claudia Dides Castillo, María Soledad Pérez Moscoso
This essay argues about the ethnic relevance of investigations carried out in Chile on sexual and reproductive health from 1990 to 2004, based on a national diagnosis on the subject. Most of these investigations did not consider the cultural and ethnic di... see more
Elio A. Prieto González
Unbalance in the treatment of two topics related to the conservation of the human genome integrity is analyzed here: the technologies for genetic manipulation and genome damage due to environmental pollution. Lack of education and of information based on ... see more
Nelson Eduardo Álvarez Licona
This paper analyzes anthropology's contribution to bioethics, related to its methodology and theoretical frameworks of reference. It affirms that most confusions arise from the mechanic application of the so called "universal values" which would be solved... see more
Alejandra Zúñiga Fajuri
Through the classification of health care systems in terms of their financing, number of stakeholders and consequences for health care equity, this essay pretends to analyze some of the changes that have taken place in Chile due to the health care reform ... see more
Delia Outomuro, Lorena Mariel Mirabile, Natalia Cosmai
This paper forms part of the research project: "Social representation of genetic research among the scientific community and the urban population in Buenos Aires. Its influence in the bioethics dialogue," framed in the scientific program of the University... see more
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