Bioethics: Latin American Perspectives

María Julia Bertomeu is professor of ethics at Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, and researcher of the National Research Council (CONICET). Among her areas of investigation are theoretical ethics and bioethics. She is co-editor of Universalismo and Multiculturalismo (2000). Her most recent articles are “I. Kant en algunas teorías recientes de justicia social” (Veritas) and “Comisiones y Comités de Bioética. Una mirada retrospectiva” (Perspectivas Bioéticas de las Américas).Arleen L.F. Salles (Ph.D.) teaches philosophy at Montclair State University, United States, and is a docent in the Master Program in Applied Ethics at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her research and teaching focus on ethical theory, moral psychology, and bioethical theory. Recent publications center on emotions in ethical theory, ethical issues in cloning, and particularism and emotions in bioethics. She is co-editor of Decisiones de vida y muerte (1995), and Bioética (1998).

• Arleen L.F. SALLES: Editorial ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: AUTONOMY AND THE RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONSONE Arleen L.F. SALLES: Autonomy and Culture: The Case of Latin AmericaTWO: Margarita M. VALDES: Abortion and Contraception in Mexico: The Attitudes and the Arguments of the Catholic ChurchTHREE Maria Victoria COSTA and Susana E. SOMMER: Women’s Reproductive Rights and Public Policy in ArgentinaFOUR Martin Diego FARRELL: Hastening DeathPART II: JUSTICE AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CAREFIVE Paulette DIETERLEN: Some Philosophical Considerations on Mexico’s Education, Health, and Food ProgramSIX Maria Julia BERTOMEU and Graciela VIDIELLA: Moral Person and the Right to Health CarePART III: EXPERIMENTATION ON HUMAN SUBJECTSSEVEN Florencia LUNA: Research in Developing Countries: The Ethical IssuesEIGHT Jose Roberto GOLDIM: Bioethics and Research in BrazilPART IV: ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE PROCUREMENT AND ALLOCATION OF ORGANSNINE 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 DistributionNotes on ContributorsIndex