Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Genethics

Rebecca Bennett; C Erin; John Harris; Soren Holm

doi:10.1002/9780470996362

Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Genethics

Rebecca Bennett, C Erin, John Harris, Soren Holm

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Bioethics investigates ethical issues arising in the life sciences (medicine, health care, genetics, biology, research and so on) by applying the principles of Moral Philosophy (chapter 6) to these problems. Medical ethics and genethics (ethical issues arising from the discipline of genetics) are subsets of bioethics.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy
Editors	Nicholas Bunnin, E. P. Tsui-James
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Basil Blackwell Ltd
Chapter	17
Pages	499-516
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9780470996362
ISBN (Print)	9780631219071
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470996362
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2002

Keywords

bioethics
genetics
medical ethics
respect for autonomy
ethics and law

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Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Genethics

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