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Persona y Bioética

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CANTU-QUINTANILLA, Guillermo; ZARATE-VEGA, Andrea Monserrat  and  PALENCIA-SIERRA, Jenyfer. A Proposal for an Bioethicist’s Oath. pers.bioét. [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.2, pp.275-279. ISSN 0123-3122.  https://doi.org/10.5294/pebi.2017.21.2.7.

The influence of Hippocrates as father of Medicine is clear, particularly through the “Hippocratic Oath” that has characterized the profession for the past twenty-five centuries. Modern versions of these postulates constitute the ethical and deontological framework of this science, which is also art. Bioethics arises to enrich this practice, also when scientific research uses human beings, and proposes the dignification of the person and the respect for universal human rights. Faced with the acceleration of technical and scientific development, it is essential to reinforce ethical reflection so that science remains at the service of man and not to his detriment. Hence the need for an “Oath of the bioethicist”.

Keywords : Hippocratic oath; ethics; bioethics; deontology; research.

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