Resumen

PAEZ MORENO, Ricardo. Biomedical research on human subjects from the perspective of public ethics: the social value of research. Med. ética [online]. 2021, vol.32, n.4, pp.947-988.  Epub 14-Ago-2023. ISSN 2594-2166.  https://doi.org/10.36105/mye.2021v32n4.02.

Biomedical research on human subjects in Middle-Low and Low Income Countries (LMICs or LICs) has aroused the interest of bioethics in how to achieve an equitable distribution of benefits. Questions of justice have been addressed under the concept of «reasonable availability» or «fair benefit sharing». However, the inadequacy of this approach lies in the fact that public issues have been addressed from the bioethical principles of beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. Recently, the subject has been approached from the standpoint of social justice, but the approach of ethics referring to populations or public ethics is a pending subject to be studied in greater depth. This paper aims to point out the importance of this complementary approach. It is intended, from public ethics, to see the need to focus on the social value of the knowledge generated, and to offer some guiding criteria to be detected by Research Ethics Committees.

Palabras llave : Justice; benefits; burden of disease; Research Ethics Committees.