Bioethics for the people by the peopleNo abstract is available for this article.doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970502)70:13.0.CO;2-QDavid J. HarrisWiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley CompanyAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics
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I then consider nine areas examined in detail in A Companion to Bioethics edited by Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer, as potential candidates for "core" areas of bioethics education. At the same time, I evaluate the range of issues examined in each area of the book, in the context of the ...
normativity of whiteness, as a form of social positioning, in its approach and foundational assumptions. This oversight risks reinscribing white privilege into the field’s theories and methods. She argues for more reflexive attention to race and the invisibility of white dominance within the field...
and the use of stem cells are all topics that have been in the news and that have caused people considerable anxiety. Scientific knowledge imparts power to those who have it, and this power can be used for good or for evil. That is why a strong ethical code needs to exist that is ac...
for the use of intersectional perspectives in bioethical research. Siira et al. [96], for example, did a systematic review on intersectionality in nursing research and highlight that there is a need for “robust and clear framing of how the concept of intersectionality is defined” - this ...
For this reason, and also because everyone must inevitably confront the issues of inochi or seimei (life in Japanese) and shi (death), nobody can now doubt the significance of bioethics education for people in general, regardless of their interests or jobs. This is especially true in ...
Bioethics, as a discipline, has developed mainly, but not exclusively, around themes of moral importance for the medical practice, such as abortion and euthanasia, a never ending discussion that has been shaped by social mores and influenced by scientific and technological advance. However, in the...
Upon returning home for his surprise birthday party, Adam discovers that his family and friends have already begun the celebrations with an exact replica of him (a clone) in attendance. From this point on, Adam must run for his life as the people behind the illegal creation of his clone ...