Bioethics - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Cancer and bioethics: caring and consensus.

29 Sep 2008 The most important area in which cancer care and bioethics intersect is in the care of the dying. It is in the shift toward according more control to patients, more choice in the setting in which death will come, and in the willingness to take ... Read more...

Origin myths in Bioethics: constructing sources, motives and reason in Bioethic(s).

30 Aug 2008 Bioethics, the term now usually standing in for Biomedical Ethics, is a field of medical anthropological engagement. While many anthropologists and other social scientists work with bioethicists and physicians, this paper instead takes Bioethics as ... Read more...

Ethical, legal and social issues of genetic studies with African immigrants as research subjects.

30 Aug 2008 There is growing interest in exploring gene-environment interactions in the etiology of diseases in immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Our experience working with the Sudanese immigrant population in Omaha, NE, makes clear the pressing need for ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Bioethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Strengthening clinical and research ethics in Nigeria--an agenda for change. 30 Oct 2008
• Bioethics. Students learn how, not what, to think about difficult issues. 8 Oct 2008
• Cancer and bioethics: caring and consensus. 29 Sep 2008
• Leading discussions on animal rights. 13 Sep 2008
• Ethics. Do we need "synthetic bioethics"? 10 Sep 2008
• Origin myths in Bioethics: constructing sources, motives and reason in Bioethic(s). 30 Aug 2008
• AIDS--new ethical challenges. 30 Aug 2008
• Ethical, legal and social issues of genetic studies with African immigrants as research subjects. 30 Aug 2008
• Current bioethical issues in parasitology. 30 Aug 2008
• To know or not to know. 30 Jul 2008
• Understanding medical professionalism: a plea for an inclusive and integrated approach. 30 Jul 2008
• The importance of public-health ethics. 30 Jul 2008
• A personalist approach to public-health ethics. 30 Jul 2008
• National bioethical legislation and guidelines for biomedical research in the Islamic Republic of Iran. 30 Jul 2008
• The green revolution in bioethics. 30 Jul 2008
• Who is buying bioethics research? 30 Jul 2008
• In search of a measure of industry funding. 30 Jul 2008
• Hidden sources of private industry funding. 30 Jul 2008
• Who is buying normative bioethics research? 30 Jul 2008
• 'Tell us what you want to do, and we'll tell you how to do it ethically'--academic bioethics: routinely ideological and occasionally corrupt. 30 Jul 2008

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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