Fifth edition of the book Introduction to Bioethics

The publication has become a benchmark for Mexican and Latin American Bioethics and was carried out within the framework of the monthly session of the Mexican National Academy of Bioethics.

On January 19, 2023, during the monthly session of the Mexican National Academy of Bioethics, A.C. (ANMB AC.), the fifth edition of the book Introduction to Bioethics was presented in the Auditorium of the Postgraduate Studies Center of Universidad Anáhuac México, an event attended by 60 participants, including Father Fernando Fabó , L.C., director of the Faculty of Bioethics of our University.

The person in charge of welcoming and introducing this ordinary session was Dr. Samuel Weingerz Mehl, president of the ANMB, AC., followed by Dr. David Cerdio, coordinator of the Anahuac Center for Strategic Development in Bioethics (CADEBI), who shared the profile of Dr. Francisco Javier Ochoa Carrillo, former president of the Mexican Society of Oncology, and presenter of the book Introduction to Bioethics, by Kuthy Villalobos, Martha Tarasco Michel and José Enrique Gómez Álvarez, editorial coordinators of the publication.

“Trying to evaluate a publication of this magnitude is an extraordinary challenge, because it is an effort by our colleagues, promoters of the field of Bioethics for many years, and with extraordinary academic training that has given them the opportunity to belong to important national centers. and international”, commented Dr. Ochoa.

In addition, he wished that this fifth edition would not be the last and that it would continue to be the succession of many efforts that will allow us to keep current and updated on the subject, so that it is one more instrument of human improvement in our country, above all attached to the professionalism of the Bioethics: "This is a book that invites us to reflect, but, above all, to the commitment we have with our vulnerable brothers in any situation."