16 articles in this issue
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Fernando Lolas Stepke
James F. Drane
With this paper I intend to draw attention again to the historic connection between the original meaning of the Greek word ethos and the discipline of ethics, as inner self, human spirit or character. The ethics of research must include the inner dimensio... see more
Ruth Macklin
Today, in order to protect the population of developing countries from the risk of exploitation by international research sponsors, we must recur to the concepts of "distributive justice" and "justice as reciprocity". "Distributive justice" requires that ... see more
Eduardo Rodríguez Yunta
The present paper tries to be a reflection and guide for the evaluation of research proposals involving human beings by ethical review committees, considering the Latin American context, as presented by CIOMS Guidelines 2002, recently translated into Span... see more
Keith McAdam
In April 2002 the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published the Report The Ethics of Research Related to. It provides an ethical framework for those designing or conducting healthcarerelated Healthcare in Developing Countries research in developing countrie... see more
Angela Amondi Wasunna
There is much biomedical and epidemiological research taking place in Africa today. This research is both horizontal (involving local researchers and regional research institutions) and vertical (involving international research sponsors and collaborators... see more
Lorenzo Agar Corbinos
As a result of globalisation, a number of social and economic changes are taking place in social sciences that leads us to think about the choice of studying methodologies. The challenge consists in reducing the space between what is social, studied throu... see more
Sana Loue
Significant ethical and legal issues may arise in conjunction with the conduct of multi-site studies. For example, different cultures may have varying concepts of personhood. The United States, for instance, places significant emphasis on the autonomy of ... see more
Ricardo B. Maccioni, Juan P. Muñoz, Cristóbal Maccioni
The elucidation of the human genome constitutes a major paradigm. Besides its impact on our biological nowledge, the elucidation of the human genome will certainly exert a driving force on both medical research and practice in the future. As a paradigmati... see more
Delia Outomuro
The purposes of this paper are: 1) to analyze the current state of ethics in research in Argentine from the observations made by our group in national research magazines and from a critic review of the law; 2) to put forward some new strategies focused in... see more
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Francisco León Correa
Felipe Aizpuru