Bioethical Positioning of Spanish Health Professionals: A Semi-Quantitative Study

The present study was undertaken to examine the positions of Spanish health professionals on a variety of bioethical issues and to determine the relationships between these positions and the professionals religious beliefs and political views. The study sample consisted of 50 individuals randomly s...

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Autores principales:	Losa Iglesias,Marta Elena, Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo,Ricardo
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile 2015
Materias:	bioethics health professionals Spain
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spelling	oai:scielo:S1726-569X20150002000162016-07-29Bioethical Positioning of Spanish Health Professionals: A Semi-Quantitative StudyLosa Iglesias,Marta ElenaBecerro de Bengoa Vallejo,Ricardo bioethics health professionals Spain The present study was undertaken to examine the positions of Spanish health professionals on a variety of bioethical issues and to determine the relationships between these positions and the professionals religious beliefs and political views. The study sample consisted of 50 individuals randomly selected from a database of Spanish health professionals who had received solid training in bioethics. A structured questionnaire was designed that contained six closed questions on positions on biomedical advances and science and biotechnology (eugenics, use of nonimplanted embryos for experimental purposes, human cloning, and the idea that science should have limits) and the respondents sociopolitical and religious views, and assessment scales were developed for the responses. The distribution of the responses was subjected to statistical analysis using analysis of variance (ANOVA). For the items with responses scored on a Likert scale, from strongly agree to strongly disagree, the positions taken were moderately adverse, and the vast majority of respondents believed that there should be limits to science. Religious convictions had greater influence on the responses than political orientation. There was evidence that liberal beliefs corresponded with what the authors consider to be more progressive ideas about the bioethics issues addressed in the study. The important questions of bioethics require an interdisciplinary approach and a combination of state and private-sector action to strengthen the links between religion and science, keep general knowledge up to date, and properly train biotechnology professionals.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCentro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de ChileActa bioethica v.21 n.2 20152015-11-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1726-569X2015000200016en10.4067/S1726-569X2015000200016
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description	The present study was undertaken to examine the positions of Spanish health professionals on a variety of bioethical issues and to determine the relationships between these positions and the professionals religious beliefs and political views. The study sample consisted of 50 individuals randomly selected from a database of Spanish health professionals who had received solid training in bioethics. A structured questionnaire was designed that contained six closed questions on positions on biomedical advances and science and biotechnology (eugenics, use of nonimplanted embryos for experimental purposes, human cloning, and the idea that science should have limits) and the respondents sociopolitical and religious views, and assessment scales were developed for the responses. The distribution of the responses was subjected to statistical analysis using analysis of variance (ANOVA). For the items with responses scored on a Likert scale, from strongly agree to strongly disagree, the positions taken were moderately adverse, and the vast majority of respondents believed that there should be limits to science. Religious convictions had greater influence on the responses than political orientation. There was evidence that liberal beliefs corresponded with what the authors consider to be more progressive ideas about the bioethics issues addressed in the study. The important questions of bioethics require an interdisciplinary approach and a combination of state and private-sector action to strengthen the links between religion and science, keep general knowledge up to date, and properly train biotechnology professionals.
author	Losa Iglesias,Marta Elena Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo,Ricardo
author_facet	Losa Iglesias,Marta Elena Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo,Ricardo
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title	Bioethical Positioning of Spanish Health Professionals: A Semi-Quantitative Study
title_short	Bioethical Positioning of Spanish Health Professionals: A Semi-Quantitative Study
title_full	Bioethical Positioning of Spanish Health Professionals: A Semi-Quantitative Study
title_fullStr	Bioethical Positioning of Spanish Health Professionals: A Semi-Quantitative Study
title_full_unstemmed	Bioethical Positioning of Spanish Health Professionals: A Semi-Quantitative Study
title_sort	bioethical positioning of spanish health professionals: a semi-quantitative study
publisher	Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile
publishDate	2015
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Bioethical Positioning of Spanish Health Professionals: A Semi-Quantitative Study

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