Bioethics and Vulnerability. A Latin American View. (Value Inquiry Book Series)

✍ Scribed by Florencia Luna

• Publisher: Rodopi
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 205
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents some of the challenges bioethics in Latin America faces today. It considers them through the lenses of vulnerable populations, those incapable of protecting their own interests, such as the illiterate, women in societies disrespectful of their reproductive rights, and research subjects in contexts where resources are scarce. Values in Bioethics (ViB) makes available original philosophical books in all areas of bioethics, including medical and nursing ethics, health care ethics, research ethics, environmental ethics, and global bioethics.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
1. Introduction......Page 22
2. Bioethics, Philosophy and Latin Americans......Page 23
3. Latin American Problems......Page 25
2. Principles in Latin America......Page 32
3. Casuistry: Features of the Methodology......Page 34
4. Functions of the Case......Page 36
5. Interpretations of Casuistry......Page 38
6. Conclusion......Page 41
1. Introduction......Page 44
2. The Problem of Illiteracy......Page 45
3. Paternalism and Competence......Page 46
4. Interpretations of the Illiteracy Argument......Page 48
5. Sociological Problems and Intolerance......Page 50
6. Conclusion......Page 51
1. Introduction......Page 52
2. Williams on Internal and External Reasons......Page 53
3. External Reasons and Abortion......Page 55
4. Internal Reasons and Abortion......Page 56
5. Conclusion......Page 59
2. Reproductive Rights......Page 62
3. What are the Limits on Reproduction?......Page 64
4. Who Makes The Moral Decision and How?......Page 72
5. Decisions in the South......Page 73
1. Introduction......Page 76
2. Disclosure and Embryos for Transfer......Page 77
3. Limits and Their Criteria......Page 78
4. "Mandates and Effective Practices"......Page 79
5. Double Moral Standards and Secondary Infertility......Page 80
6. Embryos and Persons......Page 82
7. A Problem of Reproductive Healthcare......Page 84
2. A Structural Problem......Page 86
3. Information and Vulnerable Populations......Page 88
4. Other Possible Justifications......Page 90
5. Foreign Values?......Page 92
6. Abuses in Biomedical Research......Page 93
7. The Weight of Ethical Codes......Page 96
8. The Social Sciences and Research......Page 97
1. Introduction......Page 100
2. Ethical Questions at the Onset of AIDS......Page 101
3. AIDS: The New Challenge of Globalization and Research......Page 111
4. Conclusion......Page 121
2. The Context of the Controversy......Page 124
3. Obligations During Research: The Placebo Debate......Page 125
4. Arguments of a Scientific Nature......Page 127
5. Social and Economic Arguments......Page 130
6. Real Life Objections......Page 132
7. Clarifications or Obscurities?......Page 133
8. Post-Research Obligations......Page 135
9. Insufficiently Considered Variables......Page 138
10. Conclusion......Page 139
2. The Ethical Problem......Page 142
3. The Legal Problem......Page 143
4. The Operational Problem......Page 144
5. Changes in Current Research......Page 145
6. The Phenomenon of Systemic Corruption......Page 146
7. Possibilities of Corruption......Page 147
8. Prevention Strategies......Page 149
9. Closing Remarks......Page 152
Afterthoughts......Page 154
Notes......Page 158
Bibliography......Page 170
About the Author......Page 182
B......Page 184
D......Page 185
I......Page 186
N......Page 187
R......Page 188
W......Page 189
Z......Page 190