What is bioethics?

Authors

  • Fernando Arana
  • José Ignacio Madero

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.714

Keywords:

bioethics, bioethics committee, patients' rights
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Abstract

The rapid scientific and technical advances produced in the different fields of Medicine and Biology seem to be the coming about point of the term Bioethics, later with the surfacing of ecological movements which acknowledge the devastating effects (at a worldwide level) produced by the contamination generated by industrialization, and it's worrisome concern with the quality of life of future generations to come, all these factors are causing a series of conflicts which bring about the birth of Bioethics as a science: branch of ethics which deals with life itself.

Author Biographies

Fernando Arana

Biólogo, Genetista. Especialista en Bioética. Profesor de Bioética, Universidad El Bosque.

José Ignacio Madero

Ginecólogo, Especialista en Biología de la Reproducción Humana y en Bioética. Profesor Universidad Javeriana. Director Científico Medifértil, Programa de Medicina Reproductiva. Bogotá, Colombia.

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How to Cite

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Arana F, Madero JI. What is bioethics?. Rev. colomb. obstet. ginecol. [Internet]. 2001 Sep. 28 [cited 2024 May 18];52(3):254-6. Available from: https://revista.fecolsog.org/index.php/rcog/article/view/714

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Published

2001-09-28

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 3 (2001): JULIO-SEPTIEMBRE 2001

Section

Topic Review
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