Trajectory of a scientific field under construction

This book provides an argued periodisation of the trajectory of Bioethics in Cuba. It is determined that despite the fact that its teaching and research have already been institutionalised, there are master's theses defended, various publications, and numerous scientific events carried out, there is an absence of an argued periodisation of the main moments through which the social construction of Bioethics in Cuba has passed between 1983 and 2009. This work explains the social factors that help to understand the main moments through which Bioethics in Cuba has passed during this period. Three fundamental stages through which the new knowledge has passed in the Antillean island were detected: 1983-1991 assimilation of the discipline, 1992-2002- Institutionalisation and teaching of Bioethics, 2003-2009 recreation of the epistemological status. The social conditioning factors that characterise these stages are explained, which allows us to understand the transit of Bioethics in the country, its moments of progress and setbacks.