Zuloaga R L
Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón, Departamento de Psicología, Lima, Perú.
Bol Oficina Sanit Panam. 1990 May-Jun;108(5-6):565-9.
Bioethics has still not acquired an identity of its own in Peru. The Ethics Committee of the Peruvian Medical School and the National AIDS Commission are review committees that deal with ethical problems arising in practice. Doubts regarding quality control of the drugs being tested have been raised in research on human subjects. Questions related to reproduction are very important. There is a high incidence of adolescent pregnancies, and illegal abortions result in many deaths and hospitalizations of women in serious condition. Birth control methods, such as vasectomy, conflict with attitudes about manhood in Peruvian society. Euthanasia is prohibited by the Ethical Code of the Peruvian Medical School, and legislation penalizes assisted suicide. Organ transplantation is hindered by concerns over early declaration of death. Handicapped children are often rejected by society owing to an absurd belief in the possibility that disorders such as Down's syndrome are contagious. The Ministry of Health requires state hospitals to accept AIDS patients, but instances of rejection are still reported.
在秘鲁，生物伦理学仍未形成自身的特色。秘鲁医学院伦理委员会和国家艾滋病委员会是处理实际中出现的伦理问题的审查委员会。在人体研究中，对正在测试的药物的质量控制存在疑问。与生殖相关的问题非常重要。青少年怀孕发生率很高，非法堕胎导致许多妇女死亡以及病情严重的妇女住院。诸如输精管切除术等节育方法与秘鲁社会对男子气概的观念相冲突。秘鲁医学院伦理准则禁止安乐死，立法对协助自杀予以惩处。对过早宣布死亡的担忧阻碍了器官移植。由于存在诸如唐氏综合征等疾病具有传染性这种荒谬的观念，残疾儿童常常遭到社会排斥。卫生部要求国立医院接收艾滋病患者，但仍有拒收的报告。
