Bioethics Division, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, 2350 Ramiro Barcellos, Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-003, Brazil.
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 423 Guardian Drive, Blockley Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-4884, USA.
J Bioeth Inq. 2019 Sep;16(3):323-331. doi: 10.1007/s11673-019-09903-7. Epub 2019 Feb 18.
To present a narrative review of the history of bioethics in Latin America and of scientific output in this interdisciplinary field.
This was a mixed-methods study.
A total of 1458 records were retrieved, of which 1167 met the inclusion criteria. According to the Web of Science classification, the predominant topics of study were medical ethics (n= 488), social sciences and medicine (n= 354), and environmental and public health topics (n= 279). Four themes of bioethics output in the Latin American literature have emerged: (a) issues involving the beginning and end of life, (b) ethics in human research, (c) patient-provider relationships, and (d) ethics training for health professionals.
Although bioethics is a growing interdisciplinary field in Latin America, its academic impact is still very low, and programmes are highly concentrated in large urban centres in a few countries. Challenges includes the regional and international impact of local scientific output.
对拉丁美洲生物伦理学的历史和该跨学科领域的科学产出进行叙述性回顾。
这是一项混合方法研究。
共检索到 1458 条记录，其中 1167 条符合纳入标准。根据科睿唯安 Web of Science 分类，主要的研究主题包括医学伦理学（n=488）、社会科学和医学（n=354）以及环境和公共卫生主题（n=279）。拉丁美洲文献中的生物伦理学产出出现了四个主题：（a）涉及生命开始和结束的问题，（b）人类研究中的伦理学，（c）医患关系，以及（d）卫生专业人员的伦理学培训。
尽管生物伦理学是拉丁美洲一个不断发展的跨学科领域，但它的学术影响力仍然很低，并且该领域的项目高度集中在少数几个国家的大城市中心。面临的挑战包括当地科学产出的区域和国际影响力。
