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bioethics

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bi·o·eth·ics  (b-thks)
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The study of the ethical and moral implications of new biological discoveries and biomedical advances, as in the fields of genetic engineering and drug research.
bio·ethi·cal adj.
bio·ethi·cist (--sst) n.
bioethics  (b-thks)
The study of the ethical and moral implications of medical research and practice.
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Noun1.bioethics - the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences
moral philosophy, ethics - the philosophical study of moral values and rules
neuroethics - the study of ethical implications of treatments for neurological diseases


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Theological Bioethics by Lisa Sowle Cahill (Georgetown University, 2005)
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When people worry about curing too many things, I'm always glad that bioethics wasn't around when people were thinking about infectious diseases or polio or yellow fever.
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The writer is chair of the President's Council on Bioethics.
The origin of life by Pellegrino, Edmund D. / Commonweal
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