[Prevention of ulcers by pressure as a universal right]. / Prevención de las úlceras por presión como derecho universal.

The title of the article matches the of the "Declaration of Rio de Janeiro on the prevention of ulcers by pressure as a Universal right" [ 1], promoted by numerous groups and associations related to the problematic of ulcers by pressure (UPP) at the international level, and is a decisive step for joint efforts to give visibility to a problem of global dimension. Efforts previously, and in what refers to our country, have been left reflected in statements [2] pressure driven by the National group for study and advice on ulcers and wounds chronicles (GNEAUPP). The Declaration dealt with masterfully what will be our thesis, beyond a clinical problem--that is--the UPP, and specifically its prevention, constitute a problem primarily ethical character and, more specifically, minimum ethics, as we already reflected more widely in another article [3], by what remains essential to influencing this aspect often underestimated.

[The ethics of treatment: a proposal having a future for nurses and health companies]. / La ética del cuidado: una propuesta con futuro para las enfermeras y las empresas sanitarias.

This article is the fruit of various circumstances. In the first place, it is the result of a long reflection shared by its authors; it is also the proof of the primary interests the authors hold specific time; and lastly, it is the reflection of our opinion regarding how nurses should with their compromise a future treating patients.