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The Bioethics Advisory Board of Puerto Rico: Personal Reflections on an Initial Agenda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2009

ERNESTO A. FRONTERA
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In 2005 the new Governor of Puerto Rico appointed a panel of experts to evaluate the healthcare system of Puerto Rico and make recommendations. Among other things, the panel recommended the creation of an advisory board on bioethics for the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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Special Section: The Many Voices of Spanish Bioethics
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , July 2009 , pp. 251 - 255
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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References

1. Executive Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to establish a Bioethics Advisory Board. Administrative Bulletin Number: OE-2006–29.

2. It is a sign of hope that simultaneously with the creation of this Bioethics Advisory Board, a Professional Graduate Certificate in Bioethics was inaugurated, sponsored by the School of Public Health of the University of Puerto Rico. I am sure that in the future there will be many opportunities of collaboration between the BAB and this program, and also with the Instituto Hostosiano de Bioética of the MSC-UPR, the Center of Biomedical Humanities at the Universidad Central del Caribe, the Program of Ethics for the Professions of the UPR-Mayagüez, the Puerto Rican Federation of Bioethics and others. I hope we can benefit from all of these initiatives and know how to do it properly.