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. 2015 Nov-Dec;53(6):750-61.

[Terminology in clinical bioethics]

[Article in Spanish]
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[Terminology in clinical bioethics]

[Article in Spanish]
Benjamín Herreros et al. Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2015 Nov-Dec.
Free article

Abstract

In this article some of the most relevant terms in clinical bioethics are defined. The terms were chosen based on three criteria: impact on the most important problems in clinical bioethics, difficulty in understanding, and need to clarify their meaning. For a better understanding, the terms were grouped into 5 areas: general concepts (conflict of values, deliberation, conflict of interest, conscientious objection); justice (justice, distributive justice, models of justice, triage); clinical matters (information, competency, capability, informed consent, mature minor, coercion, secrecy, privacy, confidentiality, professional secrecy); end of life (prior instructions, limitation of therapeutic efforts, professional obstinacy, futility, palliative care, palliative sedation, principle of double effect, euthanasia, assisted suicide, persistent vegetative state, minimally conscious state, locked-in syndrome, brain death), and beginning of life (assisted reproduction, genetic counseling, preimplantation genetic diagnosis).

En el artículo se definen algunos de los términos más relevantes en bioética clínica. Los términos se han escogido con base en tres criterios: repercusión en los problemas más importantes en bioética clínica, dificultad en su comprensión y necesidad de aclarar su significado. Para su mejor comprensión, los términos se han agrupado en 5 áreas temáticas: conceptos generales (conflicto de valores, deliberación, conflicto de intereses, objeción de conciencia); justicia (justicia, justicia distributiva, modelos de justicia, triage); relación clínica (información, competencia, capacidad, consentimiento informado, menor maduro, coacción, intimidad, privacidad, confidencialidad, secreto profesional); final de la vida (instrucciones previas, limitación de los esfuerzos terapéuticos, obstinación profesional, futilidad, cuidados paliativos, sedación paliativa, principio del doble efecto, eutanasia, suicidio asistido, estado vegetativo persistente, estado de mínima conciencia, síndrome de enclaustramiento, muerte encefálica), e inicio de la vida (reproducción asistida, consejo genético, diagnóstico genético preimplantacional).

Keywords: Bioethics; Ethicists; Terminology.

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