Bioethical Issues
Research News and Information

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Autonomy, beneficence, and gezelligheid: lessons in moral theory from the Dutch.

30 Aug 2009 American bioethicists lack the theoretical resources to work in cross-cultural settings. All we have are two approaches to ethics--principles vs. narratives--that are mostly at odds, and neither of which is up to the job. If moral principles are too ... Read more...

Bioethics & human rights: access to health-related goods.

30 Aug 2009 There are many good reasons for a merger between bioethics and human rights. First, though, significant philosophical groundwork must be done to clarify what a human right to health would be and--if we accept that it exists--exactly how it might ... Read more...

Engaging with plastination and the Body Worlds phenomenon: a cultural and intellectual challenge for anatomists.

30 Aug 2009 Body Worlds, the international plastination phenomenon, has proved immensely popular with audiences worldwide. Never before has the human body been exposed to public gaze in such an accessible and intriguing manner. Dissected body parts feature ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Bioethical Issues'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Of plants and people. Why do we care about dignity? 30 Aug 2009
• Autonomy, beneficence, and gezelligheid: lessons in moral theory from the Dutch. 30 Aug 2009
• Bioethics & human rights: access to health-related goods. 30 Aug 2009
• Engaging with plastination and the Body Worlds phenomenon: a cultural and intellectual challenge for anatomists. 30 Aug 2009
• Outlining ethical issues in nanotechnologies. 30 Aug 2009
• Ancillary care obligations of medical researchers. 20 Jul 2009
• Smarter regulations: commentary on "Responsible conduct by life scientists in an age of terrorism". 8 Jul 2009
• Disagreements with implications: diverging discourses on the ethics of non-medical use of methylphenidate for performance enhancement. 4 Jul 2009
• Genetics. The illusive gold standard in genetic ancestry testing. Jul 2009
• Pluripotent stem cell-derived gametes: truth and (potential) consequences. 30 Jun 2009
• The California octuplets and the duties of reproductive endocrinologists. 29 Jun 2009
• Professional integrity, respect for autonomy, and the self-regulation of reproductive endocrinology. 29 Jun 2009
• [Contribution to the qualification of hospital ethics bodies in the cancer centers] 29 Jun 2009
• The obligation to participate in biomedical research. 29 Jun 2009
• Editors' overview: forbidding science? 25 Jun 2009
• ["Who is your father? The laboratory told me..."] 22 Jun 2009
• H1N1, public health security, bioethics, and human rights. 18 Jun 2009
• Cognitive enhancement: methods, ethics, regulatory challenges. 17 Jun 2009
• Is it acceptable for people to take methylphenidate to enhance performance? Yes. 16 Jun 2009
• Democracy, individual rights and the regulation of science. 11 Jun 2009

See a longer list of these articles.

Technical information about 'Bioethical Issues'

Definition: Clusters of topics that fall within the domain of BIOETHICS, the field of study concerned with value questions that arise in biomedicine and health care delivery.

Descriptor UI: D026688

Alternative terms: Bioethical Issues; Bioethical Issue; Issue, Bioethical; Issues, Bioethical;

Related Mesh Headings: Euthanasia; Human Experimentation; Patient Rights; Animal Experimentation;

Allowable Qualifiers: history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards;

Tree Number: K01.316.034;

History Note: 2002; use BIOETHICS 1978-2001

Technical Notes: used for discussions of several specific issues that fall within the domain of BIOETHICS but not for discussions of the field or discipline as such; BIOETHICS is available for the specialty and BIOETHICISTS see ETHICISTS is available for the person