An Introduction to Bioethics
Scopes of the field and a brief history of bioethics
Medical Ethics or Bioethics, study of moral issues in the fields of medical treatment and research. The term is also sometimes used more generally to describe ethical issues in the life sciences and the distribution of scarce medical resources. The professional fields that deal with ethical issues in medicine include medicine, nursing, law, sociology, philosophy, and theology, though today medical ethics is also recognized as its own discipline.

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Bioethics for BeginnersAn Introduction to Bioethics
Scopes of the field and a brief history of bioethics
Research Ethics
Human subjects in medical research
Defining Death
Advancement in technology defines death in a new way.

Bioethics on MSNBCReport Paints Grim Picture of Drug Trial Safety
Criticism of FDA's weak oversight are on target, but Congress shares blame.

Giving Up on Gene Therapy Is Wrong Reaction
Death of Jolee Mohr should lead to new patient protections

Women Should Be Wary of Genetic Risk Ads
TV commercials exploit fear of breast cancer in the guise of education.

Bioethics on NBC's ERComplexities of the Congo
In a change-of-pace episode, a sweat-soaked Dr. Carter finally arrives in the war-torn Congo as part of a voluntary medical program and he finds primitive Third-World facilities, a few heroic staffers and woeful patients overflowing the tiny hospital while a bloody civil war threatens to engulf them all.
Carter's Choice
A frustrated Carter nearly has a meltdown when he treats two cult victims from a mass poisoning tied to the day's unnerving solar eclipse.
Does Practice Make Perfect? Using the Newly Deceased for Teaching Life-Saving Procedures

Genetics & BioethicsToward a New Vocabulary of Human Genetic Variation
If Gene Therapy Is the Cure, What Is the Disease?
Ethical Issues in Genetics in the Next 100 Years