Bioethics in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

Aida C.  Coss Rojas; Raúl  Jiménez Piña

doi:10.29057/mbr.v3i5.7455

Aida C. Coss Rojas National Bioethics Commission https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9232-3875
Raúl Jiménez Piña National Bioethics Commission https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2415-0287

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29057/mbr.v3i5.7455

Keywords: Bioethics, pandemic, COVID-19, Research Ethics, Health care, Biomedical research, National Commission of Bioethics

Abstract

The year 2020 has marked a major change in our daily lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges for governments, professionals, and society in general, mainly in health care. In this context, the presence of bioethical dilemmas has been inevitable, for this reason we analyse some of the dilemmas that have arisen in healthcare and biomedical research.

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