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Call for Submissions: Open Topics
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“Everything was both very fast and very slow at the same time”: heterochronic experiences of healthcare professionals in the provision of aid in dying in Spain
Eduard Moreno-Gabriel, Maria Verdaguer, Patricia Beroiz-Groh, , Antonia Arreciado Marañón, Maria Feijoo-Cid, Miquel Domènech, Lupicinio Íñiguez-Rueda, Pere Toran-Monserrat
Since its enactment, Organic Law 3/2021 on the Regulation of Euthanasia has altered the experience and professional practice of numerous individuals ... [Read more]
Cesarean sections as a biopolitical expression of birth: The case of Neuquén province, Argentina
Serena Perner, Hugo Spinelli, Viviana Martinovich, Marcio Alazraqui
Cesarean sections continue to increase globally regardless of international recommendations and evidence of their risks when not medically ... [Read more]
Dying with dignity, but what is dignity?
Martín D. Farrell
Within moral and legal philosophy, this essay critically examines the concept of dignity in the debate on euthanasia, starting from its intrinsically ... [Read more]
Shame over tooth loss: between psychological suffering and structural inequality in Chilean oral health
Manuel Alejandro Castro Gatica, Karen Danke Hausdorf, Ingeborg Bevensee Canavati, Ana Beatriz Silva Lopes, Jorge Gamonal
The article analyzes how tooth loss among older adults is not merely a clinical issue but a social and emotional phenomenon marked ... [Read more]
“Until God says ‘yes or no’, but here, in my home”: autonomy and end-of-life care for rural older adults in the Los Lagos Region, Chile
Ignacia Navarrete, Alejandra Fuentes-García, Verónica Aliaga-Castillo
Aging and increased life expectancy generate growing challenges for end-of-life care in old age, particularly in rural contexts marked by ... [Read more]
End-of-life practices and advance directives: a bioethical analysis based on discussions in the Brazilian Federal Legislative Branch
Melisse Eich, Marta Verdi, Pedro Paulo Scremin Martins, Mirelle Finkler
The Brazilian legislative debate on end-of-life practices involves ethical-axiological tensions related to euthanasia, assisted suicide, palliative ... [Read more]
Labor inclusion and medicalization: neuroleptics as actants in the experiences of workers diagnosed with schizophrenia in Chile
Ernesto Bouey Vargas, María José Reyes Andreani
People diagnosed with schizophrenia exhibit low rates of labor market participation, a phenomenon that has been predominantly addressed from ... [Read more]
Existential suffering and autonomy: Contributions to the debates on euthanasia and medically assisted suicide in Argentina
Darío Iván Radosta, Matias Paschkes Ronis
This article arises from the need to critically reflect on the subjective experience of those who request euthanasia, as well as on the ethical ... [Read more]
Lay knowledge and epistemic justice in mental health: a critical analysis of the peer support worker in the Spanish State
Diana Gonzalez-Mañas, Martín Correa-Urquiza
This essay critically examines the figure of the peer support worker within the mental health system of the Spanish State as a dispositif ... [Read more]
Illegal yet ongoing: surrogacy through the moral prism of urban Chinese women in Nanjing
Zhenkang LI
How urban Chinese women understand and morally evaluate surrogacy remains an insufficiently explored area, despite the persistence of this ... [Read more]
“Invisibility” as a mirror of civilizational malaise: the rise of the homeless population and their fights for recognition in Brazil
Sonia Fleury
The rise in the population experiencing homelessness has become one of the defining social contradictions of our time. In Brazil, this increase ... [Read more]
Sexual and reproductive health among adolescent girls in protection and social reintegration programs in Chile: tensions between paternalism and bodily autonomy
Daniela González Aristegui, Ingrid Leal Fuentes, Carolina Carstens Riveros, Temístocles Molina González
In an adult-centered and adultist culture, state interventions addressing violations of the rights of children and adolescents are grounded ... [Read more]
Beyond the factory model: the power of territories
Hugo Spinelli
This article offers a critique of the hegemony of the factory model as the organizational matrix of social institutions. This factory model ... [Read more]
“Living step by step”: Rehabilitation pathways of children with disabilities in the narratives of women caregivers in western Santiago, Chile
Nelson Muñoz-Lizana, Paulina Osorio-Parraguez, Juan Andrés Pino-Morán
In Chile, childhood rehabilitation is recognized as a right supported by regulatory frameworks. However, its implementation presents limitations ... [Read more]
Intimate partner violence and help-seeking in Chiapas, Mexico: Implications for rural community health services
Mercedes Aguerrebere, Ana Cecilia Ortega, Rocío López, Sonia M. Frías
From a gender perspective, this study examines how women seek help in response to experiences of intimate partner violence, distinguishing ... [Read more]
