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Chapter-02 Terminologies in Bioethics

BOOK TITLE: A Textbook of Bioethics for Healthcare Professionals

Author
1. Palatty Princy Louis
2. U Ashish Kumar
3. D’Souza Russell
ISBN
9789352704682
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18064_3
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
5
Author Affiliations
1. Father Muller Medical College, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Father Muller Medical College, and National Chair Curriculum
2. St John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
3. Asia Pacific Division, UNESCO; Israel
Chapter keywords
Bioethics, ethics, autonomy, beneficence, consent, nonmaleficence, deontology, utilitarianism, abortion, categorical imperative, brain computer interface, chimera, medical confidentiality

Abstract

This chapter focusses on the terminologies in bioethics. The term bioethics was coined by oncologist Van Rensselaer Potter. An exploration of ethical dilemmas arising in the healthcare field, as well as relating to medical aspects of human beings. Ethics is the systematic study of how we ought to act toward ourselves and others. Medical ethics is a branch of ethics. The definition of bioethics, ethics, autonomy, beneficence, consent, nonmaleficence, deontology, utilitarianism, abortion, categorical imperative, competence, confidentiality, consequentialism, descriptive ethics, emotivism, empiricism, ethical absolutism, ethical egoism, ethical relativism, euthanasia, morality, normative ethics, paternalism, prima facie duty, proposition, slippery slope argument, supererogatory act, triage, virtue ethics, altruism, situation ethics, artificial insemination, artificial womb, biocentrism, anthropocentrism, biopiracy, brain computer interface, chimera, medical confidentiality, cryonics, eugenics, faith healing, gene therapy, human cloning, iatrogenesis, lobotomy, nanomedicine, placebo, reprogenetics, three parent babies, and advance care planning has been also provided in this chapter.

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