Bioethics in Brazil

Bioethics

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 244-248

  Diniz, Debora ^a   Guilhem, Dirge Bellezi ^a   Garrafa, Volnei ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BOOK; BRAZIL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; THEORY; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LITERATURE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

BIOETHICS; BRAZIL; EDUCATION; ETHICS; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; LITERATURE; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; SOCIETIES;

EID: 0033160021     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8519.00152     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. Some authors have already pointed to the conceptual imprecision that is involved in referring to the theory of the four principles, developed by Beauchamp and Childress, as 'the' principlist theory, for several theories of moral philosophy are based on ethical principles (Gert, Bernard; Culver, Charles & Clouser, Danner. 'Principlism' In: Bioethics: A Return to the Fundamentals. New York/Oxford. Oxford University Press. 1997. pp. 71-92; Fox, Renée. 'The Entry of U.S. Bioethics into the 1990s: The Sociological Analysis'. In: Dubose, Ronald & O'Connel, Laurence. A Matter of Principles? Ferment in U.S. Bioethics. Pennsylvania. Trinity Press International. 1994. pp. 21-71). However, despite the conceptual inadequacy, we opt, in this article, for the bioethical 'common sense' that refers to the theory of principles as a principlist theory. On the other hand, its use does not imply, as was suggested by Childress, any deprecatory references to the theory (Childress, James. 'Principles-Oriented Bioethics: An Analysis and Assessment from Within'. In: Dubose, Ronald & O'Connel, Laurence. A Matter of Principles? Ferment in U.S. Bioethics, pp. 72-100).
2. Some authors have already pointed to the conceptual imprecision that is involved in referring to the theory of the four principles, developed by Beauchamp and Childress, as 'the' principlist theory, for several theories of moral philosophy are based on ethical principles (Gert, Bernard; Culver, Charles & Clouser, Danner. 'Principlism' In: Bioethics: A Return to the Fundamentals. New York/Oxford. Oxford University Press. 1997. pp. 71-92; Fox, Renée. 'The Entry of U.S. Bioethics into the 1990s: The Sociological Analysis'. In: Dubose, Ronald & O'Connel, Laurence. A Matter of Principles? Ferment in U.S. Bioethics. Pennsylvania. Trinity Press International. 1994. pp. 21-71). However, despite the conceptual inadequacy, we opt, in this article, for the bioethical 'common sense' that refers to the theory of principles as a principlist theory. On the other hand, its use does not imply, as was suggested by Childress, any deprecatory references to the theory (Childress, James. 'Principles-Oriented Bioethics: An Analysis and Assessment from Within'. In: Dubose, Ronald & O'Connel, Laurence. A Matter of Principles? Ferment in U.S. Bioethics, pp. 72-100).
3. Some authors have already pointed to the conceptual imprecision that is involved in referring to the theory of the four principles, developed by Beauchamp and Childress, as 'the' principlist theory, for several theories of moral philosophy are based on ethical principles (Gert, Bernard; Culver, Charles & Clouser, Danner. 'Principlism' In: Bioethics: A Return to the Fundamentals. New York/Oxford. Oxford University Press. 1997. pp. 71-92; Fox, Renée. 'The Entry of U.S. Bioethics into the 1990s: The Sociological Analysis'. In: Dubose, Ronald & O'Connel, Laurence. A Matter of Principles? Ferment in U.S. Bioethics. Pennsylvania. Trinity Press International. 1994. pp. 21-71). However, despite the conceptual inadequacy, we opt, in this article, for the bioethical 'common sense' that refers to the theory of principles as a principlist theory. On the other hand, its use does not imply, as was suggested by Childress, any deprecatory references to the theory (Childress, James. 'Principles-Oriented Bioethics: An Analysis and Assessment from Within'. In: Dubose, Ronald & O'Connel, Laurence. A Matter of Principles? Ferment in U.S. Bioethics, pp. 72-100).
4. Beauchamp, Tom & Childress, James. Principles of Biomedical Ethics. New York. Oxford University Press. 1994.
5. For a satisfactory definition of peripheral and central bioethics, see Garrafa, V.; Diniz, D. & Guilhem, D. 'The Bioethic Language, its Dialects and Idiolects', Cadernos de, Saúdi: Pública. In press.
6. Gracia, Diego. The historical setting of Latin American bioethics'. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, vol. 21, 1996, 593-609.
7. The term 'bioethics' is being used in this article to mean professionals in different fields of knowledge who work primarily in bioethics and those professionals who, because of their own interests, are directing and starting to develop partn of their studies in this field.
8. Ministry of Health. National Health Council. Rules and Regulating Norms of Research Involving Human Beings. Brasilia: April, 1997.
9. 'Free and clear consent' is the Brazilian version of informed consent, and recieved this ian an attempt to clarify its use, that is, the consent from a person must be granted in a free and autonomous way after clarifying the situation at hand.