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<\/a><\/p>\nIn the article\u00a0On the emergence and consolidation of bioethics as a discipline, as seen from a sociological perspective<\/a>, the researcher Gabriela Izarrabal\u00a0seeks to reconstruct various origin narratives that imply different concepts of the discipline.<\/p>\n Gabriela Izarrabal helps us to understand on the one hand what is meant by bioethics and what its practices and areas of inquiry are, and on the other to identify various concepts and expert opinions about what the field of study for bioethics should be, opinions which lead in practice to different applications of the discipline in health sciences.<\/p>\n All these viewpoints have influenced the development of bioethics as a discipline in Ibero-American contexts, particularly in Latin America, where various authors are currently attempting to provide an epistemological framework appropriate for bioethics in the region.<\/p>\n According to the researcher, treating bioethics as a non-scientific space has given rise to theories claiming that it involves reflecting on moral issues.\u00a0As she states, a\u00a0common characteristic of the \u201cmetaphysical\u201d branches of bioethics is that they consider \u201cfreedom to dispose of one\u2019s own self\u201d.<\/p>\n In the article, Gabriela Izarrabal also discusses the areas in which originally the concept of bioethics is applied, such as\u00a0stem cell research, assisted reproduction, cloning, abortion, prenatal tests, genetic screening and its implications for disability and sex selection, intellectual property issues, patents, and euthanasia.<\/p>\n Read the full article also in Spanish:<\/p>\n Irraz\u00e1bal, Gabriela.\u00a0Acerca de la emergencia y consolidaci\u00f3n de la bio\u00e9tica como disciplina desde una perspectiva sociol\u00f3gica<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Dic 2015, vol.22, no.4, p.1121-1140. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Read more about bioethics in HCS-Manguinhos:<\/p>\n Santos, Roberta de Freitas and Cerqueira, Mateus Rodrigues.\u00a0South-South Cooperation: Brazilian experiences in South America and Africa<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Mar 2015, vol.22, no.1, p.23-47. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Barbosa, Tyara Kropf, Roa, Alejandra Carrillo and Almeida, Neilia Barros Ferreira de.\u00a0Biblioteca virtual sobre bio\u00e9tica e diplomacia em sa\u00fade<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Mar 2015, vol.22, no.1, p.308-312. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Barbosa, Vilmar et al.\u00a0Bio\u00e9tica:\u00a0um ponto de encontro<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Out 1994, vol.1, no.1, p.109-120. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n