The birth and development of Bioethics

Authors

  • José María Maya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29176/2590843X.298

Keywords:

Bioethics, birth, trends, historic development
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Abstract

This article presents a summary of the birth, development and background of bioethics as contemporary discipline. It seeks to lead the reader from the arena in which the term “bioethics” emerges in the scholarly world by Van Rensselaer Potter to current discussions, advocating a return to the term 'ethics' in response to the need to have a discipline that is accepted by the so called moralist strangers in such diverse and pluralistic societies as today’s world has. A brief description of the main trends in contemporary bioethics is presented. The article concludes that bioethics can be understood as a 'cry' on behalf of human dignity and peaceful coexistence and, at the same time, science and technology use on behalf of a quality life.

Author Biography

José María Maya

Médico, magíster en Salud Pública y en Dirección Universitaria; profesor titular de Ética y Salud Pública; ex rector, Universidad CES, Medellín, Colombia.

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Maya JM. The birth and development of Bioethics. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2016 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];24(1):8-12. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/298

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2016-01-01

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Maya JM. The birth and development of Bioethics. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2016 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];24(1):8-12. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/298

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Vol. 24 No. 1 (2016): January - March

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