TITLE

IMPACT OF THE ABSENCE OF THE COLOMBIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF BIOETHICS

AUTHOR(S)

Rueda Martínez, Gabriela; de Sá, Natan Monsores

PUB. DATE

July 2015

SOURCE

Revista Latinoamericana de Bioética;jul-dic2015, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p144

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

This paper discusses the impact of the absence of the National Council of Bioethics (CNB) in the regulations of human research at Colombia, especially with regard to Resolution 8430/1993 of Ministry of Health. For this purpose, the approach to the topic was divided into three parts: the first deals with the experience of Colombia in the implementation of a CNB, the second topic reviews the current regulations on human experimentation, and the third topic analyses, in a critical way, the content of the aforementioned Resolution. In Colombia, discussions on topics that require the bioethical reflection occur at the level of the State, without the advice of a National Council of Bioethics, which provide guidance, from this perspective. For this reason, a regulation of the Law 1374/2010, which creates the CNB, is urgent. Whereas the protection of the participating of people in biomedical research, is relevant a transformation of bioethics in Colombia regarding its epistemological foundation, in order to adopt a bioethical referential connected to their social reality. We suggest the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, at UNESCO, as a leader guide in revision of Colombian directive on human's research.

ACCESSION #

110397486

 

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