Bioethics: Latin American Perspectives /

Bioethics: Latin American Perspectives /

This book presents a unique view of the current state of development of bioethics in Latin America. Twelve Latin American thinkers who share a primary interest in bioethics address a vast range of questions, including autonomy, rights, justice, and the role of culture and religion in bioethics. Thes...

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Other Authors: Bertomeu, María Julia (Editor), Salles, Arleen L.F. (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2002.

Series: Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
Value Inquiry Book Series ; 118.

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Bioethics > Latin America.
Medical ethics > Latin America.

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Call Number: R724

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Table of Contents:
  • Arleen L.F. SALLES: Editorial Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • PART I: AUTONOMY AND THE RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS
  • ONE Arleen L.F. SALLES: Autonomy and Culture: The Case of Latin America
  • TWO: Margarita M. VALDES: Abortion and Contraception in Mexico: The Attitudes and the Arguments of the Catholic Church
  • THREE Maria Victoria COSTA and Susana E. SOMMER: Women's Reproductive Rights and Public Policy in Argentina
  • FOUR Martin Diego FARRELL: Hastening Death
  • PART II: JUSTICE AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE
  • FIVE Paulette DIETERLEN: Some Philosophical Considerations on Mexico's Education, Health, and Food Program
  • SIX Maria Julia BERTOMEU and Graciela VIDIELLA: Moral Person and the Right to Health Care
  • PART III: EXPERIMENTATION ON HUMAN SUBJECTS
  • SEVEN Florencia LUNA: Research in Developing Countries: The Ethical Issues
  • EIGHT Jose Roberto GOLDIM: Bioethics and Research in Brazil
  • PART IV: ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE PROCUREMENT AND ALLOCATION OF ORGANS
  • NINE Eduardo RIVERA LOPEZ: What Is (Exactly) Wrong with Selling Your Body Parts?
  • TEN Maria Graciela de ORTUZAR: Interdisciplinary Ethics Committees for Determining Criteria of Organ Distribution
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index.