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bioethics
/ ˌbaɪəʊˈɛθɪks; ˌbaɪəʊˈɛθɪsɪst /
noun
- functioning as singular the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination
bioethics
/ bī′ō-ĕth′ĭks /
- The study of the ethical and moral implications of medical research and practice.
Notes
Derived Forms
- ˌbioˈethical, adjective
- bioethicist, noun
Other Words From
- bio·ethi·cal adjective
- bi·o·eth·i·cist [bahy-oh-, eth, -, uh, -sist], noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of bioethics1
Example Sentences
Ruth Faden, the founder of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, helped lead the group that issued the guidance after Zika.
The team of researchers from Yale underscored the importance of future research, as well as input from bioethics experts.
The prospect of a future surge in xenotransplants is reigniting a bioethics firestorm.
Elizabeth Lanphier, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics, University of Cincinnati This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
“It’s not really a prohibition on asking, it’s a prohibition against sharing,” said Kayte Spector-Bagdady, an associate director at the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Too often in bioethics debates, we forget the people who are actually going to be affected by a new procedure.
“Yes,” Dr. Iain Brassington, a bioethics lecturer at the University of Manchester, told me.
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