title: Bioethics and anesthesia: a reflexive study of reports published in the Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There is a great lack of theoretical subsidies to guide ethical principles, specifically in the case of Anesthesiology. The objective of the present study was to analyze the bibliographic production regarding Bioethics in studies published by the Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology between 1999 and 2009.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three studies published between 1999 and 2009 by the Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology were selected. Those studies covered bioethical issues in Anesthesiology or correlated anesthesia and Bioethics. A content analysis was used, according to the model of Bardin.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was observed that Bioethical ideals were the most predominant issue, especially Principialism (f 23; 23.5%). On the other hand, the class that defines ethics as the cradle of Bioethics obtained the lowest amount of elementary context Units (CU) (f 15, 15.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the studies mentioned, Bioethics is considered an ideal to be achieved, facing difficulties to be applied in daily Anesthesia practice. The need of studies that focus on anesthesia and Bioethics more specifically, reflecting problems regarding both subjects, should be emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Porto, Portugal. fatimadeosantos@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Maria de Fátima Oliveira
authors.initials: Mde F
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.forename: Genival Veloso
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: de França
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000941:ethics*; D000776:Anesthesiology; D015706:Bibliometrics; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing