Bioethics: Issues and Challenges

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Journal Title: Journal of Science & Technology
Author(s): Atishree Gupta
Published On: 05/07/2021
Volume: 2
Issue:ย 2
First Page: 11
Last Page: 29
ISSN: 2582-6921
Publisher: The Law Brigade Publisher

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Atishree Gupta, Bioethics: Issues and Challenges, Volume 2, Journal of Science & Technology, 11-29, Published on 05/07/2021, Available at https://jst.thelawbrigade.com/article/bioethics-issues-and-challenges/

Abstract

Bioethics concerns itself with the ethical issues faced in the healthcare, biotechnology, research related system. It raises a question regarding the intersection between law, medicine, public policy etc. As we live in an interchanging and growing world these fields have brought different changes with those changes comes the question of ethics of that particular change. On how it would affect the society in whole or what would go against the law. The professional working in this field can be people who are philosophers, person related to legal profession, scientists and Health administrators. In the process, the input of each field is given in the area of resources and methodology to help make change or alter the practices and policies that raises the doubt or question on ethical concern. It discusses in depth regarding clinical research such as organ transplant, AIDS, genetics and so on. It talks about any occurring change and when such change takes place does it cover all the points that are ethical, which is nothing that goes against the nature and law. The emergence of Bioethics or such discussion on ethics had started taking place in the late 1960โ€™s but the actual topic was raised in the year 1970, which was first proposed by a Biochemist Van Renesselaer Potter. When we talk further more on the topic then we shall get to know few challenges faced in the fields of Bioethics namely being genetics, environmental ethics and ethical treatment of animals and so on. The paper would go more around the explanation of bioethics, the history and challenges faced in different fields where there is a question raised on the ethical value of the particular change or biotechnology.

Keywords: Bioethics, Healthcare, Biotechnology, Organ transplant, AIDS, Genetics

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