Ibero-American Bioethics

Reflections from the Latin American Context.- The Historical Setting of Latin American Bioethics.- The Discourses of Bioethics in Latin America.- A Personal History of Bioethics in Latin America: The Current Challenge to the Medical Profession and the Influence of Pharmaceutical Companies.- Bioethics in Latin America and Colombia.- The Pan American Health Organization and Latin American Bioethics.- Reflections from Pioneering Voices.- References to Bioethics in Argentina.- Bioethics in Bolivia: Antecedents and Projections.- An X-Ray of Bioethics in Brazil: Pioneering Voices, Institutional and Educational Programs and Perspectives.- Bioethics in Chile.- Evolution of Bioethics in Costa Rica: A Recent History.- Bioethics in Cuba: Responsibility and Solidarity.- The History of Bioethics in the Dominican Republic.- Historical Aspects of the Development of Bioethics in Ecuador.- A Survey of the Development of Mexican Bioethics: Genomic Medicine as One of Its Greatest Challenges.- The History of Bioethics in Panama.- The History and Development of Bioethics in Paraguay.- Bioethics in Peru.- Bioethics in Portugal.- Historical Development of Bioethics in Puerto Rico.- The Dynamics of the Bioethical Dialogue in Spain.- Bioethics in Venezuela: First Pathways.- Special Topics in Bioethics.- Bioethics and Religion in Latin America.- Bioethics and Women in Latin America: A Biographical and Genealogical Essay.- The Environment and Bioethics: A Brazilian Perspective.- Human Vulnerability.- Ethics of Research Involving Human Subjects: The Brazilian Experience.- The Future of Ibero-American Bioethics.- A Prospective Examination for Discovering Challenges from the Hispano-American Historical Context.- A Critical Reading of Latin American Bioethics.- What Kind of Future Awaits Us? Some Challenging Questions for the Future of Bioethics in Ibero-America.- Postscript.- The Many Beginnings of Bioethics: A Comparison of American and Ibero-American Bioethics and the Possibility of a Global Bioethics.- Erratum To: Ethics of Research Involving Human Subjects: The Brazilian Experience (pp 333–341).

From the reviews:Pessini, Barchifontaine, and Lolas have succeeded in gathering and superbly focusing a rich exploration of the origin and development of bioethics in Ibero-America. To understand American bioethics in perspective, from now on one will need to read this volume. It is a major cultural resource.-David Solomon, Center for Ethics and Culture, University of Notre DameNo one interested in Latin-American studies, and surely no one with interest in the global phenomenon of bioethics, can do without this book. This is a splendid and rich portrayal of the birth and maturation of Ibero-American bioethics.-Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola University New Orleans“This volume … addresses the topics of the development of bioethics on the territory of Latin America (including the role of Portugal and Spain in it, as these European cultures played a major part in the creation of the Latin American cultures), main features of bioethics, and guidelines for future achievements. … It also provides the reader with the possibility to get acquainted with the kind of bioethical perspective that differs quite a lot from the dominant Anglophone, North American and European, bioethics.” (Robert Doričić, JAHR, Vol. 2 (4), September, 2011)