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Definition of 'Bioethics'

A branch of applied ethics that studies the value implications of practices and developments in life sciences, medicine, and health care.

Common names: Bioethics; Health Care Ethics; Ethics, Health Care; Biomedical Ethics; Ethics, Biomedical

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Saturday, November 21, 2009

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...


Women and children first: transforming a historic defining moment into a contemporary ethical imperative.

26 Aug 2009 "Women and children first" is a familiar phrase and comes down to us from the heroic sacrifice of their lives by British soldiers on the HMS Birkenhead in 1852. "Women and children first," the New York Declaration of the International Academy of ... Read more...


The ethics of improving African traditional medical practice: scientific or African traditional research methods?

11 Aug 2009 The disease burden in Africa, which is relatively very large compared with developed countries, has been attributed to various factors that include poverty, food shortages, inadequate access to health care and unaffordability of Western medicines to ... Read more...

 

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Technical information about 'Bioethics'

Definition: A branch of applied ethics that studies the value implications of practices and developments in life sciences, medicine, and health care.

Descriptor UI: D001675

Alternative terms: Bioethics; Health Care Ethics; Ethics, Health Care; Biomedical Ethics; Ethics, Biomedical;

Related Mesh Headings: Ethics, Medical; Ethicists;

Allowable Qualifiers: education; history; trends;

Tree Number: K01.316.070; N05.350.200;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: SPEC only; for issues in bioethics use BIOETHICAL ISSUES or its specifics; ETHICISTS is also available

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