bioethicist
Medical ethics expert
A bioethicist is someone who studies or advises on ethical questions arising from medicine, biology, and biotechnology.
Bioethicists work on issues like end-of-life care, genetic engineering, organ transplantation, and research on human subjects.
They may serve on hospital ethics committees, advise policymakers, or teach: The bioethicist was consulted about withdrawing life support.
Independent decision-making capacity
- beneficenceActive desire to help
- justiceFair treatment under law
- dignityInnate personal worth
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
integrity · conscience · fairness · compassion · fidelity · casuistry
Formal argument on issues
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- forumGathering place for discourse
- panelDistinct flat section
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
discourse · consultation · testimony · stakeholder · interdisciplinary · advisory · consensus-building
Science of hereditary transmission
- pharmaceuticalsManufactured therapeutic substances
- HIPAAMedical privacy statute
- euthanasiaDeliberate death for relief
- CRISPRGene-editing molecular machinery
cloning · surrogacy · life-support · DNR
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
guidelines · framework · standards · protocol · UNESCO · WHO
Greatest-happiness moral theory
- deontologyMorality based on obligations
- consequentialismEthics judging by results
- KantianOf duty-ethics philosophy
- pragmatismPractical problem-solving philosophy
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- beneficenceActive desire to help
- justiceFair treatment under law
- dignityInnate personal worth
virtue · integrity · conscience · fairness · compassion · fidelity · casuistry
debate
Formal argument on issues
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- forumGathering place for discourse
- panelDistinct flat section
symposium · discourse · consultation · testimony · stakeholder · interdisciplinary · advisory · consensus-building
genetics
Science of hereditary transmission
- pharmaceuticalsManufactured therapeutic substances
- HIPAAMedical privacy statute
- euthanasiaDeliberate death for relief
CRISPR · cloning · surrogacy · life-support · DNR
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- governanceHow authority is exercised
oversight · guidelines · framework · standards · protocol · UNESCO · WHO
utilitarianism
Greatest-happiness moral theory
- deontologyMorality based on obligations
- consequentialismEthics judging by results
- KantianOf duty-ethics philosophy
pragmatism · phenomenology · personhood · relativism · pluralism
- EthicistsAristotle, Kant, Immanuel Kant, Bentham, Mill
- scientistsEinstein, anthropologist, Darwin, chemist, archaeologist
- advocatesadvocate, activist, campaigner, crusader, defender
bioethicistphysician
Licensed medical doctor
surgeon · clinician · paramedic · trauma surgeon · medical practitioner
bioethicisttranshumanist
Technology-enhanced evolution advocate
ethics, biology, antibiotic, biologist, biopsy, biotic, symbiotic, biosphere, biodiversity