Mexico

UNESCO Chair in Bioethic and Clinical Medicine (779), established in 2007 at Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, México D.F.(Mexico)

 

Fields / Disciplines Bioethic and clinical medicine Objectives The purpose of the Chair shall be to promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation in the field of bioethic and clinical medicine. It will serve as a means of facilitating collaboration between high-level, internationally recognized researchers and teaching staff of the University and other institutions in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America and the Caribbean, and in other regions of the world. The specific objectives of this Chair are : 1. To promote the establishment of Bioethic Committees in the Mexican Public Health System, in accordance with the UNESCO policy and with the National Commission for Bioethics guidelines; 2. To develop academic projects with the National Commission for Human Rights, the National Commission for Medical Arbitration and the State Commissions for Human Rights and Medical Arbitration, that will lead to concrete actions within the hospital setting; 3. To promote among the scientific community the protection of individual that participate in medical research; 4. To consolidate the Permanent Seminar of Bioethics Studies, which already takes place at the INER, and to promote the participation of the National Health Institutes in it; 5. To train the staff of public health institutions regarding bioethics and human rights issues, with the aim that, in terms of the Universal declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, the Bioethic Committees and Ethic and Research Committees can be adequately established. Host Institution Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (INER) Website UNESCO Sector / Office responsible for the Chair/Network Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO Office Mexico