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Bioethics in Peru

dc.contributor.authorLlanos Zuloaga, Robertoes_ES
dc.date.accessioned2016
dc.date.available2016
dc.date.issued1990es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/27110
dc.description.abstractTo date the application of bioethics in Peru has been rudimentary. The discipline has not yet acquired a distinct identity; only a few committees review ethical problems that arise in the course of medical practice, and bioethics is still taught mainly at schools of philosophy and theology. At the same time, situations in various health fields have raised bioethics questions or indicated areas where bioethical approaches might be effectively applied. Among others, the activities involved include research on human subjects, interventions relating to human reproduction, treatment of AIDS patients, treatment of dying patients, organ transplants, and management of handicapped children. This article reviews developments in each of these areas, with an eye to specific matters of ethical concernen_US
dc.description.abstractAvailable in Spanish in Bol. Oficina Sanit. Panam 108(5/6):565-9, 1990es_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBulletin of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO);24(4),1990en_US
dc.subjectBioethicses_ES
dc.subjectEthics, Medicales_ES
dc.subjectProfessional Staff Committeeses_ES
dc.subjectHuman Experimentationen_US
dc.subjectEuthanasia, Passivees_ES
dc.subjectInsemination, Artificiales_ES
dc.subjectTransplantationes_ES
dc.subjectContraceptiones_ES
dc.subjectAbortiones_ES
dc.subjectPerues_ES
dc.titleBioethics in Perues_ES
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US


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