Ibero-American Bioethics: History and Perspectives

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IBERO-AMERICAN BIOETHICS: History and Perspectives is a landmark work, collecting the voices of those who participated in the founding and development of bioethics in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula. The volume offers the reader a cluster of perspectives on the various births of bioethics in this region. The essays in part are irreplaceable first-person voices that give an account of how bioethics took shape within the Spanish and Portuguese cultures both in Europe and in the Americas. As such, the volume is a collection of primary sources, otherwise not available in English, that presents historical panoramas and explores the new perspectives born of the different phases of bioethics in Ibero-America - from its assimilation of bioethics to its creation of its own authentic voices. The volume also encompasses critical reflections from this region on the quite different ways in which its local bioethics have taken shape. As such, this volume also offers an introduction into the quite different concerns that frame and direct bioethics in the cultural context of Ibero-America. The book gives a rich, deep, broad, and pluralist presentation of Ibero-American bioethics and its contribution to the international phenomenon of bioethics. It is a volume for all readers interested in bioethics, Ibero-American studies, and international approaches to health care policy. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Historical Setting of Latin American Bioethics....Pages 3-19 The Discourses of Bioethics in Latin America....Pages 21-27 A Personal History of Bioethics in Latin America: The Current Challenge to the Medical Profession and the Influence of Pharmaceutical Companies....Pages 29-41 Bioethics in Latin America and Colombia....Pages 43-53 The Pan American Health Organization and Latin American Bioethics....Pages 55-60 Front Matter....Pages 62-62 References to Bioethics in Argentina....Pages 63-69 Bioethics in Bolivia: Antecedents and Projections....Pages 71-87 An X-Ray of Bioethics in Brazil: Pioneering Voices, Institutional and Educational Programs and Perspectives....Pages 89-106 Bioethics in Chile....Pages 107-115 Evolution of Bioethics in Costa Rica: A Recent History....Pages 117-124 Bioethics in Cuba: Responsibility and Solidarity....Pages 125-139 The History of Bioethics in the Dominican Republic....Pages 141-147 Historical Aspects of the Development of Bioethics in Ecuador....Pages 149-158 A Survey of the Development of Mexican Bioethics: Genomic Medicine as One of Its Greatest Challenges....Pages 159-173 The History of Bioethics in Panama....Pages 175-192 The History and Development of Bioethics in Paraguay....Pages 193-205 Bioethics in Peru....Pages 207-222 Bioethics in Portugal....Pages 223-231 Historical Development of Bioethics in Puerto Rico....Pages 233-244 The Dynamics of the Bioethical Dialogue in Spain....Pages 245-260 Front Matter....Pages 62-62 Bioethics in Venezuela: First Pathways....Pages 261-281 Front Matter....Pages 284-284 Bioethics and Religion in Latin America....Pages 285-296 Bioethics and Women in Latin America: A Biographical and Genealogical Essay....Pages 297-307 The Environment and Bioethics: A Brazilian Perspective....Pages 309-320 Human Vulnerability....Pages 321-332 Ethics of Research Involving Human Subjects: The Brazilian Experience....Pages 333-341 Front Matter....Pages 344-344 A Prospective Examination for Discovering Challenges from the Hispano-American Historical Context....Pages 345-357 A Critical Reading of Latin American Bioethics....Pages 359-368 What Kind of Future Awaits Us? Some Challenging Questions for the Future of Bioethics in Ibero-America....Pages 369-375 Front Matter....Pages 378-378 The Many Beginnings of Bioethics: A Comparison of American and Ibero-American Bioethics and the Possibility of a Global Bioethics....Pages 379-386 Erratum To: Ethics of Research Involving Human Subjects: The Brazilian Experience (pp 333–341)....Pages E1-E2 Back Matter....Pages 387-397