Hermeneutical Analysis of Bioethical Dilemmas in the Medical Care of Adolescents in Mexico

Abstract

Through a qualitative analysis of bioethical and bio-legal content from the critical hermeneutics and interpretation of texts, we achieved the objective of identifying the bioethical dilemmas confronting the health professional during the adolescent’s medical care and the elements for its resolution, establishing that the dilemmas are inherent to the violation of the adolescent’s confidentiality due to the presence of a third party, the decision-making of three actors in an physician-adolescent patient relationship and the attitude of the health professional in situations that imply legal judgments, in the medical act.

Keywords

• servicios de salud
• atención médica
• adolescente
• bioética