La controversia sobre la vivisección

Authors

  • Jorge Alberto Álvarez-Díaz

Abstract

The paper reviews the vivisection in nonhuman animals and whether it is justifiable nowadays from a bioethical point of view. The work departs with a brief historical perspective about the animal vivisection topic until the new outbreak of the controversy in the twentieth century. It reflects on the ethics of the relation between human otherwise, it would be contrary to ethics.

Keywords:

laboratory animal experimentation, vivisection, animal welfare

Author Biography

Jorge Alberto Álvarez-Díaz

Médico, Sexólogo Clínico, Magíster en Bioética, México.