title: Vulnerability.
abstract: Collating the concepts of vulnerability through five regional perspectives on bioethics from the United States, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia, this article proposes a means of integration between the different approaches in order to seek a theoretical and normative basis for the field of global bioethics. It argues that only through opening continuous, critical, and self-critical dialogue within the international bioethical community will it be possible to achieve a sufficiently global understanding of vulnerability that is capable of identifying the means needed for addressing the conditions that leave certain groups and individuals more susceptible to "wounding" than others.
authors.forename: Thiago
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.forename: Volnei
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Garrafa
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D001208:Asia; D001675:Bioethics; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D007843:Latin America; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics*; D012935:Social Justice / Q000941:ethics*; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States; D035862:Vulnerable Populations
keywords: bioethics; global bioethics; vulnerability