bioethics

Noun

Meaning

the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bioscience ethics biomedicine biotic bio biomedical bioethical bio-medicine iacb

Hypernyms

ethics moral philosophy

Hyponyms

neuroethics

Related terms

bioethical bioethicist bioethically

Examples

A team of medical research and bioethics experts from the same institution is supporting several European governments in their effort to devise a coronavirus mobile app for instant contact tracing. Source: Internet

Anthony Wrigley has received funds from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics to write a briefing paper on the scientific, ethical and policy issues arising in genome editing, co-authored with Ainsley Newson. Source: Internet

"A Compassionate Autonomy Alternative to Speciesism," Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 22(3), June 2001. Source: Internet

For instance, Dr. Franklin Miller, senior faculty member at the Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, notes: "By the late 1990s.. Source: Internet

Keymanthri Moodley, a professor of bioethics at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, said accelerated trials increase the odds of a high-profile failure, which can bring about other unintended consequences. Source: Internet

Peter Singer is a bioethics professor at Princeton, author of “The Life You Can Save” and founder of the charity of the same name. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bioethical bioethically bioethicist bioevaluation bioevent bioevolution