Ibero-american bioethics: history and perspectives

This volume is the first English-language book-length text to trace the development of bioethics in the Ibero-American context. Coverage is given to many particular countries within Latin America with an aim to present the historicaldevelopment of bioethics therein. This history takes place against the backdrop of a tumultuous period of time in the history of Latin America. The volume also discusses the relationship of bioethics in Latin America to questions andissues in Roman Catholic moral theology and philosophy. Moreover, it specifically touches on how these issues affect women in the region. '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 bothin Europe and in the Americas. As such, the volume is a collection of primarysources, otherwise not available in English, that presents historical panoramas and explores the new perspectives born of the different phases of bioethicsin 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. First English-language book-length work to deal with the development of bioethics and its history in both the Iberian peninsula and Latin America Gives a comprehensive and detailed history of the development of bioethics in specific Latin American nations Provides a history of bioethics with its relationship to Roman Catholic theology and moral philosophy in the Ibero-American context Specifically addresses bioethical issues relating to women in the Latin American context INDICE: Foreword.- H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr..- Introduction.- Lèo Pessini and Christian de Paul de Barchifontaine.- Part I. Reflections from the LatinAmerican Context.- Part II. Reflections from Pioneering Voices.- Part III. Special Topics in Bioethics.- Part IV. The Future of Ibero-American Bioethics.- Part V. Postscript.- Notes on Contributors.- Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-9349-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 330
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés