Globalization has brought a different context for Bioethics. Today the main problems no longer have much to do with the impact of science and technology as with money, and not focus so much on patient autonomy and justice. The neoliberal ideology has led to a growing inequality in access to health care and the benefits of research. Have been minimized social protection mechanisms and the "welfare state" is being privatized. The passage of patients to citizens has resulted in the transformation of citizens into consumers and, because of that, individuals, groups and populations are now more vulnerable than before.
Seventeen years ago, the first edition of this book drew attention to the consequences of the shocking techno-scientific discoveries and their biotechnological and biomedical applications. and he raised the need to answer questions of radical novelty that gave rise to B...read more
