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Cláudio Lorenzo
Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil
claudiolorenzo@unb.br
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Abstract: This paper focuses on the accusation made by the Regional Physio-
therapy Council of the 10th Region regarding professional activities illegally
practiced by a group of 26 Americans from Palmer University, Florida, who
had come to the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, with tourist status.
The attendance for needy individuals was provided in June 2008. Acting on
the accusation, the Federal Police caught the group red-handed in a sports
gymnasium that provided poor conditions for chiropractic attendance. This
is a type of body manipulation that, if carried out inadequately, could cause
irreversible damage to the nervous system and locomotor system. Through
this disrespect for the country’s legislation and for the professionals that are
regulated for practicing chiropractic (given that this manipulative technique
is one of the specialties within physiotherapy), these individuals’ illegal prac-
ticing of chiropractic raised a series of ethical issues. From the context pre-
sented, a bioethical analysis on human laboratory practice is made, involving
the premise that practice applied to socially vulnerable populations should
be voluntary.
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Análise bioética
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Considerações Finais
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Referências
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