Ética de la investigaciónlas buenas prácticas

  1. López de la Vieja, María Teresa
Journal:
Arbor: Ciencia, pensamiento y cultura

ISSN: 0210-1963

Year of publication: 2008

Issue Title: Ética de la investigación

Issue: 730

Pages: 233-245

Type: Article

DOI: 10.3989/ARBOR.2008.I730.175 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The Act 14/2007 regulates biomedical research, including research with stem cells and cloning for therapeutic purposes. The Spanish legislation about those controversial topics could also exemplify the changing perspective about ethical codes and ethical committees, because now they are not only centered on rights, and guarantees for the subjects involved in experimentation, but on good practice. Research Ethics has usually been related to norms, and especially to respect for human rights in the biomedical field. From the Nurmberg Code, the Helsinki Declaration, the Oviedo Convention to the Addition Protocol on biomedical research, the perspective of rights prevailed over a wider perspective, which now aims to promote the researchers' commitment and their responsibilities to health and welfare; the welfare of every subject, humans, and non-humans, and in every context, including the developing countries. The UNESCO Declaration could expand this perspective, including social justice issues in the agenda of research Ethics, usually centered on autonomy, as basic principle, and on the human rights approach. The article would analyze the good practice approach, with guidelines expanding the agenda of research Ethics in order to promote a better governance of scientific practice.

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