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102One or two types of death? Attitudes of health professionals towards brain death and donation after circulatory death in three countriesMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 16 (3): 457-467. 2013.This study examined health professionals’ (HPs) experience, beliefs and attitudes towards brain death (BD) and two types of donation after circulatory death (DCD)—controlled and uncontrolled DCD. Five hundred and eighty-seven HPs likely to be involved in the process of organ procurement were interviewed in 14 hospitals with transplant programs in France, Spain and the US. Three potential donation scenarios—BD, uncontrolled DCD and controlled DCD—were presented to study subjects during individual…Read more
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100Advance directives and the family: French and American perspectivesClinical Ethics 2 (3): 139-145. 2007.Several studies have explored differences between North American and European doctor patient relationships. They have focused primarily on differences in philosophical traditions and historic and socioeconomic factors between these two regions that might lead to differences in behaviour, as well as divergent concepts in and justifications of medical practice. However, few empirical intercultural studies have been carried out to identify in practice these cultural differences. This lack of standa…Read more
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49Biotechnologizing Jatropha for local sustainable developmentAgriculture and Human Values 27 (3): 351-363. 2010.This article explores whether and how the biotechnologization process that the fuel-plant Jatropha curcas is undergoing might strengthen local sustainable development. It focuses on the ongoing efforts of the multi-stakeholder network Gota Verde to harness Jatropha within local small-scale production systems in Yoro, Honduras. It also looks at the genomics research on Jatropha conducted by the Dutch research institute Plant Research International, specifically addressing the ways in which that r…Read more
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19La Bogotá distópica: los cómics sobre una ciudad en caosCo-herencia 16 (30): 27-56. 2019.Este artículo explora los recursos narrativos y visuales planteados en el cómic colombiano, desde 1992 hasta nuestros días, para describir representaciones distópicas de la ciudad de Bogotá. La distopía se entiende, en términos generales, como una visión negativa, para la humanidad, de un futuro posible o de un presente alterno, y se clasifica acá en distopías de fallo tecnológico, distopías de coerción simbólica/ coerción física, distopías de apocalipsis zombie/infectado y distopías de apocalip…Read more
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16Handball Training and Competition With Facemasks in Galicia: The FISICOVID-DXTGALEGO Protocols ExperienceFrontiers in Psychology 13. 2022.ObjectiveCOVID-19 caused a complete stop in non-professional sports. The use of face masks for team sports is not a widely used measure in non-professional sports. The study aimed to evaluate the perception about using the mask and the adaptation difficulties related to training and competition in team sports following the FISICOVID-DXTGALEGO protocol.MethodsSeven hundred eighty-seven handball players from the Galician Handball Federation were followed during their return to participation after …Read more
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La asebeia en el Peri psyché de AristótelesEl Catoblepas: Revista Crítica Del Presente. 2009.El espiritualismo asertivo descendente de Aristóteles.
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El papel del arte en el conjunto de la filosofía hegelianaEl Catoblepas: Revista Crítica Del Presente. 2010.Se confronta el sistema idealista de Hegel con el sistema del materialismo filosófico de don Gustavo Bueno.
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Lectura filosófica del libro de SamuelEl Catoblepas: Revista Crítica Del Presente. 2008.Una confrontación con los dogmas y creencias del pueblo hebreo y, por extensión, contra las tres grandes religiones monoteístas.
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Redefinición de fascismoEl Catoblepas: Revista Crítica Del Presente. 2010.Un intento de redefinir filosóficamente al fascismo y de aclarar y distinguir semejante fenómeno en el concurso de las ideas políticas.
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Heidegger-en-el-Tercer-ReichEl Catoblepas: Revista Crítica Del Presente. 2011.La filosofía alemana ante el Estado Nacionalsocialista y la derecha no-alineada.
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El mito del cambio climático y el Pensamiento AliciaEl Catoblepas: Revista Crítica Del Presente. 2010.Un artículo ecológicamente incorrecto.
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Jesús el Nazoreo y la tragedia del GólgotaEl Catoblepas: Revista Crítica Del Presente. 2013.El Jesús histórico y el Cristo de la fe: del judaísmo al cristianismo pasando por el paganismo.
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Cultura, Civilización y Religión en FreudEl Catoblepas: Revista Crítica Del Presente. 2012.Toda la civilización es cultura, pero no toda la cultura es civilización.
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