20 articles in this issue
Fernando Lolas Stepke
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Enrique Varsi Rospigliosi
Law categorizes human life according to its situation in society with the goal to provide adequate safety. The theory of the subject of rights is based on the juridical conceptualization of human life. As theory, it was created to recognize a real and eff... see more
Aitziber Emaldi Cirión
We find ourselves in a time of far reaching biotechnological breakthroughs and alongside with this, society is also experiencing changes. In this sense, new regulations regarding homosexual marriage have opened an scenario where same sex couples of men or... see more
Alejandra Zúñiga-Fajuri
Paucity of information on how waiting lists are managed and limited resources allocated is all too common across most fields of medicine. Organ transplantation is front and center among areas where non-transparency and the attendant perception of injustic... see more
Rosa M. Vicente-Ramírez, J. L. Del Barrio Fernández, G. Rodríguez Caravaca
The medico-legal, radiological examinations include those medical exposures to radiation conducted by court order a person who is not sick. The radiologic technologist has a duty to minimize the dose to patients and the population as a whole, therefore, m... see more
Jean Gajardo Jáuregui, José Miguel Aravena
Dementia —Major Neurocognitive Disorder— features cognitive impairment and other behavioral and psychological symptoms that impact the person’s capacity to respond effectively to the environmental demands. The number of persons with dementia is consistent... see more
Cristian Timmermann
Intellectual property regimes necessarily create artificial scarcity leading to wastage, both by blocking follow-up research and impeding access to those who are not able to pay the full retail price. After revising the traditional arguments to hinder acc... see more
Paulo Santos, Alberto Hespanhol
The case report is a special type of scientific publication that focuses on a single patient, raising problems of confidentiality, as the exposure of the intimacy may facilitate identification of the participants. The legitimacy for the public disclosure ... see more
Fabiola Villela Cortés
The main goals of this article are first, to present the current situation of eugenics, how it developed during the XX century, the main characteristics of the “new eugenics” and the two current ethical-philosophical postures (bioconservatives and transhu... see more
Ana Frunza, Antonio Sandu
The research idea starts from the previous identification of certain elements of generic consent for research activities found in informed consent (IC) forms used in therapeutic activities in hospitals that have the right to conduct medical research on hu... see more
Lucas Franca-Garcia, Fernanda da Rocha Trindade, Alessandra Mendes Calixto, José Roberto Goldim
The aim of this article is to evaluate moral-psychological development, autonomy, and self-determination in patients with substance use disorder (SUD). Moral-psychological development was assessed using a tool to determine individuals’ decision-making abi... see more
Juan Aznar, Julio Tudela, Justo Aznar
This paper analyses the efficacy data from assisted reproduction clinics, obtained from both scientific society reports and from studies published in specialised journals, in order to compare them with information published by Spanish assisted reproductio... see more
Cemal Huseyin Guvercin, Kerim M. Munir
The arguments set forth by religious authority are important since it play a crucial role in shaping the social values of the public and influence the decision of individuals in the practice pertaining to bioethical issues. The Religious Affairs Administr... see more
Adriana Marín Toro
Based on qualitative research, is described the context of dispensing drugs in “big pharmacy chains” in Chile, starring pharmaceutical chemists who have the role of technical directors of these entities. It is considered that the consumption and the econo... see more
Carlos Alberto Rosas Jiménez
Narrations have been able to influence medicine, giving rise to a new approach call “narrative medicine”. In this paper we consider the patient as a text, such is, an open book that the physician intervenes, but also from which the physician may and need ... see more