| Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (1999), 8:382-385 Cambridge University Press Copyright © 1999 Cambridge University Press NETWORKING NEWS The Development of Bioethics in MexicoJorge Hernández-Arriaga a1 , Victoria Navarrete de Olivares a1 and Kenneth V. Iserson a2 a1 Center for Bioethics Investigations (Centro de Investigaciones en Bioética) at the University of Guanajuato, Mexico a2 Arizona Bioethics Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Abstract As in other countries, medical ethics in Mexico has rescued the world of philosophical ethics from oblivion. The needs of clinical medicine gave birth to Mexican bioethics. After the growth of scientific and technologic subjects in medical schools, the humanities, such as medical history, deontology, and medical philosophy, were replaced by such core subjects as radiology, pharmacology, and microbiology. Since the 1950s, graduates from Mexican medical schools have not been exposed to any courses in the medical humanities. |