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bioethics

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bioethics /bio·eth·ics/ (-eth´iks) obligations of a moral nature relating to biological research and its applications.
bi·o·eth·ics (b-thks)
n.
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.

bioethics
[bī′ō·eth′iks]
Etymology: Gk, bios, life + ethos, the habits of humans or animals
obligations of a moral nature relating to biological research and its applications.

bioethics,
n the study of social and moral issues raised in the field of biology, including medicine and dentistry.


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Theological Bioethics by Lisa Sowle Cahill (Georgetown University, 2005)
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.
The writer is chair of the President's Council on Bioethics.
 
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