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Members of Bioethics stand out in the Anáhuac México Research Poster Contest 2024

Members of Bioethics stand out in the Anáhuac México Research Poster Contest 2024

On May 8, 2024, the presentation and evaluation of the final works of the XIV Anáhuac Mexico Research Poster Competition took place, a contest that received 256 posters, of which 237 were from undergraduate and graduate students and 19 professors, a contest in which nine institutions from the Regnum Christi International University (RIU) also participated.

Acción en Innovación

Querida Amazonia dialogues about education, peace and citizenship from our outgoing being

Querida Amazonia dialogues about education, peace and citizenship from our outgoing being

The 4th Querida Amazonía webinar was held titled “Education, peace and citizenship from our being out”, a virtual space that was attended by 15 panelists, two moderators and four organizers from different universities and institutions that advocate for preserving and promoting peace in our country.

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María Elizabeth de los Ríos, founding member of the Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence

María Elizabeth de los Ríos, founding member of the Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence

Dr. María Elizabeth de los Ríos Uriarte, research coordinator of the School of Bioethics, participated as a founding member of the Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI) of the Documentation Center of the Latin American Episcopal Council and of the Caribbean (CELAM), whose main purpose is to reflect on the design, development, production and ethical use of this technology.

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The School of Bioethics present at the First Meeting of Directors of the RIU

The School of Bioethics present at the First Meeting of Directors of the RIU

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universidad Anáhuac México, more than 130 executives from the 15 institutions of the International Network of Universities (RIU) were convened to discuss and reflect on the future of higher education in the context of Regnum Christi.

The Schools of Bioethics and Education and Humanities present the Dignitas Infinita declaration

The Schools of Bioethics and Education and Humanities present the Dignitas Infinita declaration

The Presentation of the Dignitas Infinita Declaration took place in the University Pastoral Auditorium of the Universidad Anáhuac México, an event that was attended by Dr. Jorge Eugenio Trasloheros Hernández, professor-researcher at the Institute of Historical Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); Dr. Giampiero Aquila, from the Center for Advanced Social Research (CISAV); Dr. Rossana Stanchi, from the AVSI Foundation, and Dr. Luis G. Meléndez, from the Mexican Institute of Christian Social Doctrine (IMDOSOC).

Patricia Hernández participates in a panel on the dignity of older adults

Patricia Hernández participates in a panel on the dignity of older adults

Throughout the event, topics such as comprehensive health care, equitable access to medical services, the promotion of active participation in society were discussed, and the importance of respect for rights and healthy aging was highlighted.

The School of Bioethics joins the celebration of International Book Day 2024: The role of letters

The School of Bioethics joins the celebration of International Book Day 2024: The role of letters

The Anáhuac University Library became the perfect setting to celebrate International Book Day with a very special event: the Reading Aloud Picnic. On this occasion, two prominent members of the School of Bioethics, Doctor José Alberto Castilla and Doctor Patricia Hernández Valdéz, joined this cultural initiative to share their passion for reading with the university community.

Patricia Hernández gives a presentation at the Hospital Ángeles México

Patricia Hernández gives a presentation at the Hospital Ángeles México

The monthly session of Medical Education between Science and Consciousness was held at the facilities of the Ángeles México Hospital, an event aimed at the health personnel of said hospital and which addressed bioethical reflections on the challenges current in medical practice.

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Institutional development of bioethics in Iberoamerica: preliminary results of the Iberoamerican Atlas of Bioethics
Author: Antonio Cabrera Cabrera, Alejandro Sánchez Guerrero, David Cerdio Domínguez, María Victoria Fernández Molina
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36105/mye.2024v35n2.05

The status of the human embryo: an interdisciplinary (bioethical) analysis of reality

This paper presents the preliminary results obtained in the conformation of the Ibero-American Atlas on Bioethics developed by the Anahuac Center for Strategic Development in Bioethics (CADEBI) regarding the identification and analysis of the existing Bioethics institutions in the Region. A documentary review was carried out through search engines, databases, social networks, and other sources. The  information obtained was grouped into six different categories according to the structure, objectives and activities developed. In this way, an initial diagnosis was made based on the documentary sources available on the Web. As part of the results, 157 institutions in 25 countries were identified, as well as the variation in institutional density, concentrated mainly in Spain (29 institutions), Mexico (26 institutions), Argentina (17 institutions), Brazil (13 institutions), Chile (11  institutions) and Colombia (8 institutions). It also highlights the importance of  national bioethics commissions in institutional development, pointing out the  relationship  between the scientific and technological progress of countries and the development of bioethics.

Political authority and biopower. Personalist approach to common themes between the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (No. 377-427) and the French Constitution
Author: Maroun BADR
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36105/mye.2024v35n2.04

The legal dimension of bioethics, known as biolaw, occupies an important place in discussions on this topic. For them to be recognized, various French bioethics legislations require a competent political authority: the civil authority whose apex is the French Constitution (FC), as the legal act and the fundamental law that establish the organization and functioning of the state. However, in the field where we touch on the human person, on the values and the fundamental principles,  religious authority, such the Social Doctrine of the Church (SDC), has a role to play. This is the reference of values through which human conscience can exercise itself freely in political, social, and economic realities. Hence, what are the possible common themes between the FC and the SDC and what can personalist bioethics contribute to reconciling the two sides?

The bridge between bioethics and medical practice: medical professionalism 
Authors: Jimena Mónica Muñoz Merino, Ángela Carolina Pinilla Monroy 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36105/mye.2024v35n2.06

The field of health sciences is currently in constant change and this condition has been more accentuated in the last decade as new diseases, such as SARS-CoV-2, forced science to evolve and put the ethical component of health personnel to the test, awakening a special interest in bioethics and medical ethics. As health care personnel we tend to seek excellence in the professional field, however, it is important to define professionalism, since on many occasions we believe we are professionals and we are not, either because there is a lack of knowledge, lack of good treatment of the patient, informality when dressing or speaking, etc., and  this is fundamental, especially in medicine. Trying to define medical  professionalism is the starting point of this work, being a complex mixture of health, wellness, and  disease. Over time, physicians around the world have used three elements as the foundation of the term professionalism: the use of ethical principles, systematic medical education and standards of good practice based on moral codes.

Analysis of gender dysphoria in the pediatric setting 
Authors: Francisco José Ballesta
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36105/mye.2024v35n2.07

Ideological castles may seem impregnable fortresses, built on solid truths, but history gives us abundant examples of  their crumbling, simply because they do not respond to what man and the world really are, to the objective truth of things. Let us think of the Marxist utopia or the myth of the risks of overpopulation, announced by Malthusianism.  Both have already been overcome when, at the time, it seemed that they would be the key to the solution of  so many problems.

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 1st International Congress of Bioethics: Person and human dignity 

June 24 and 25 at the Dr. Burton E. Grossman Gym, Tampico.

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