Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- The Bioethical Principles: State of Art -- 1. Towards a Definition of Bioethics as a Discipline -- 2. History of Bioethics -- 3. The Principlist Approach in Bioethics -- Applied Bioethics -- 4. Bioethics in Biomedical Research -- 5. Unresolved Problems in Bioethics: The Beginning and End of Life -- 6. Ethics of Health Care Allocation of Resources. The Case of Organ Transplantation -- 7. Social Bioethics -- Future Challenges -- 8. Challenges in Biomedical Areas -- 9. Roles and Challenges for Clinical Ethics Committees and Clinical Ethics Consultation Systems -- 10. Critical Bioethical Approach to Health Crisis Scenarios -- 11. The Challenge of Teaching Bioethics -- Index -- About the Editors.