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The history of bioethics

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dc.contributor.authorMcWhirter, R. E.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-11T22:42:33Z
dc.date.available2025-06-11T22:42:33Z
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.description.abstractThe assumption that developments in technologies and societies create new ethical issues for health and medical research is intuitively appealing. However, a closer inspection of the history of bioethics reveals a surprising consistency in the core issues that have formed the basis of bioethical debates over time. If the issues involved in bioethical debates remain essentially constant, are new discussions and new guidelines and principles-produced in the wake of research scandals or inspired by the introduction of new technologies-redundant? This article examines some of the implications of the history of bioethics for understanding current ethical debates and for the formation of a culture of ethical conduct in health research.en
dc.description.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.format.extent10en
dc.identifier.issn0031-5982en
dc.identifier.otherPubMed:23179027en
dc.identifier.scopus84870449975en
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84870449975&partnerID=8YFLogxKen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733759118
dc.language.isoenen
dc.sourcePerspectives in Biology and Medicineen
dc.titleThe history of bioethicsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dspace.entity.typePublicationen
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage338en
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage329en
local.contributor.affiliationMcWhirter, R. E.; University of Tasmaniaen
local.identifier.citationvolume55en
local.identifier.doi10.1353/pbm.2012.0025en
local.identifier.pure73105010-c83c-4778-a2df-c1a8d178924aen
local.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84870449975en
local.type.statusPublisheden

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