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Bioethics

TagLast edit: 9 Aug 2023 4:08 UTC by Sarah Cheng

Bioethics is the branch of applied ethics that studies the ethical issues arising from medicine and the life sciences.

Further reading

Baron, Jonathan (2006) Against Bioethics, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.

Schüklenk, Udo & Peter Singer (eds.) (2021) Bioethics: An Anthology, 4th ed., Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.

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