title: Bioethics and animal research: a personal perspective and a note on the contribution of Fritz Jahr.
abstract: Reviewing fundamental aspects of bioethics and outlining the work of the Bioethics Program of the Pan American Health Organization, this paper draws attention to the work of a forgotten pioneer- Fritz Jahr- who coined the term bioethics in 1927 and anticipated many of the arguments and discussions now current in biological research involving animals.
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, University of Chile, Chile. lolasf@chi.ops-oms.org
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lolas