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Critical Bioethics in Latin America: Epistemological Foundations and Implications for Cardiothoracic Health

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This paper examines the emergence of critical bioethics in Latin America, with attention to its genealogical origins, epistemological frameworks, and relevance to health and thoracic disease. Using a qualitative design with key and credible informants, the study triangulates interview data and documentary analysis to identify tensions between universalist bioethical principles and Latin American socio-medical realities. Results show that inequality, interculturality, and structural vulnerabilities shape bioethical debates in thoracic and cardiothoracic care. Findings suggest that critical bioethics is both a theoretical approach and a practical framework aimed at decolonial, social, and clinical justice in contexts of health disparities.

Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease and Cardiothoracic Surgery

DOI: 10.31579/2693-2156/147

Author: Cruz García Lirios

Institution: Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and bioethics in healthcare

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W7083020196