Ruth F Chadwick, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Published online: July 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003473
Bioethics is a multidisciplinary field of study including ethical, legal and social aspects of developments in life sciences and medicine. There are multiple approaches to it and this gives rise to controversy about its aims, objectives and methodologies.
Keywords: ethics; biomedicine; research
| Further Reading | |
| book Ashcroft R, Draper H, Dawson A and McMillan J (eds) (2007) Principles of Health Care Ethics, 2nd edn. Chichester: Wiley. | |
| book Beauchamp TL and Childress JF (2004) Principles of Biomedical Ethics, 5th edn. New York: Oxford University Press. | |
| book Daniels N (1985) Just Health Care. New York: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Doyal L and Tobias JS (eds) (2001) Informed Consent and Medical Research. London: BMJ Books. | |
| book Gillon R (ed.) (1994) Principles of Health Care Ethics. Chichester: Wiley. | |
| book Jackson J (2001) Truth, Trust and Medicine. London: Routledge. | |
| book Kuhse H (1997) Caring: Nursing, Women and Ethics. Oxford: Blackwell. | |
| book Kuhse H and Peter S (eds) (1998) A Companion to Bioethics. Oxford: Blackwell. | |
| book Kuhse H and Peter S (eds) (2006) Bioethics: An Anthology, 2nd edn. Oxford: Blackwell. | |
| book Pellegrino ED and Thomasma DC (1993) The Virtues in Medical Practice. New York: Oxford University Press. | |
| book Sherwin S (1992) No Longer Patient: Feminist Ethics and Health Care. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. | |
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