LibGuides: Bioethics: Background Information

Background Information

An interdisciplinary area of study, bioethics combines philosophy, biotechnology, medicine, politics, and law to namely address ethical concerns in medical and scientific fields that have arisen due to new discoveries and advances in technology. Use the following sources to learn more about issues in bioethics, such as human cloning, nanomedicine, and abortion.

Ethics, Science, Technology, and Engineering
Considers both the professional ethics of science and technology, and the ethical and political issues raised by science and technology in an increasingly complex and global society.
Bioethics: An Encyclopedia
Covering a wealth of topics on the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment, this set helps researchers to consider the impact of new scientific knowledge and its potential to harm or benefit present and future generations.
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.
Bioethics: The Basics
An introduction to the foundational principles, theories and issues in the study of medical and biological ethics. Topics addressed include abortion, euthanasia, animal research, and global public health.