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The beginning of bioethics in Hispano-America and Brazil requires an understanding of the particular life conditions of that subcontinent, which have been expounded in Diego Gracia’s reflections. Despite recent advances, most individuals still live under or near the poverty line, making one’s fundamental concern socio-economic survival: something that precedes any discussion of bioethics pertaining to issues like ad hoc committees so common in the Northern hemisphere.
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Les menaces se précisent. Elles sont graves et mettent en danger l’existence même des hommes sur la Terre. L’épuisement des ressources est illustré par la hausse du prix du pétrole et des matières premières. Les sols, l’air et l’eau sont souillés, parfois de manière irréversible; des espèces animales et végétales indispensables à la vie disparaissent en nombre croissant. Il y a déjà quatre milliards d’humains dont les trois quarts vivent dans le dénuement, alors que les pays riches se gorgent de la plupart des ressources mondiales. Source: http://www.planetecologie.org/ENCYCLOPEDIE/Pionniers/ReneDumont.htm. Translator’s Note.
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Lepargneur, H. (2010). A Prospective Examination for Discovering Challenges from the Hispano-American Historical Context. In: Pessini, L., Paul de Barchifontaine, C., Lolas Stepke, F. (eds) Ibero-American Bioethics. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 106. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9350-0_27
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