Abel F
Borja Institute of Bioethics, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
Bull Pan Am Health Organ. 1990;24(4):521-9.
Serious work on bioethics at private Spanish institutions began in 1975, when the Spanish Government was in transition toward democracy. Since then the country has developed significant centers of bioethics study and a wide-ranging community of experts in this field. Reasons relating partly to Spain's recent history and partly to the nature of its health system have kept the discipline from attracting the support and collaboration of much of the nation's medical fraternity. This could change, however, in response to a changing legal picture, creation of hospital ethics committees, and a growing need for stronger ties between bioethicists and the medical community at large.
西班牙私立机构对生物伦理学的认真研究始于1975年，当时西班牙政府正朝着民主过渡。从那时起，该国已发展出重要的生物伦理学研究中心以及该领域广泛的专家群体。部分与西班牙近期历史有关、部分与该国卫生系统性质有关的原因，使得这一学科未能获得该国医学界许多人士的支持与合作。然而，随着法律状况的变化、医院伦理委员会的设立以及生物伦理学家与广大医学界之间加强联系的需求不断增加，这种情况可能会改变。
