Bioethics: Latin American Perspectives

Arleen L.F. SALLES: Editorial Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: AUTONOMY AND THE RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS ONE Arleen L.F. SALLES: Autonomy and Culture: The Case of Latin America TWO: Margarita M. VALDES: Abortion and Contraception in Mexico: The Attitudes and the Arguments of the Catholic Church THREE Maria Victoria COSTA and Susana E. SOMMER: Women's Reproductive Rights and Public Policy in Argentina FOUR Martin Diego FARRELL: Hastening Death PART II: JUSTICE AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE FIVE Paulette DIETERLEN: Some Philosophical Considerations on Mexico's Education, Health, and Food Program SIX Maria Julia BERTOMEU and Graciela VIDIELLA: Moral Person and the Right to Health Care PART III: EXPERIMENTATION ON HUMAN SUBJECTS SEVEN Florencia LUNA: Research in Developing Countries: The Ethical Issues EIGHT Jose Roberto GOLDIM: Bioethics and Research in Brazil PART IV: ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE PROCUREMENT AND ALLOCATION OF ORGANS NINE 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 Distribution Notes on Contributors Index