Challenges for an inter-ethnic clinical bioethics: reflections from the national indigenous health policy

Abstract

The articles analyzes the challenges to build up a clinic bioethics with possibility of working in inter-cultural contexts and/or inter-ethnical, taking as object the relationships established between health professionals and patients, indigenous communities’ members, on implementing the National Indigenous peopless Health Care Policy. Two ways are proposed, at theoretical level, for this build up: one way with anthropological content focused in basic Health Anthropology notions, and one way through moral philosophy focused in the Theory of Communicative Action and in the Habermas’ Discussion Ethics. Specialization course are proposed, at practical level, encompassing advocated theoretical content, and an urgent curricular reform in health sector graduation courses.