bioethics
/bahy-oh-eth-iks/US // ˌbaɪ oʊˈɛθ ɪks //UK // (ˌbaɪəʊˈɛθɪks) //
生物伦理学,生命伦理学,生物伦理,生命伦理
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a field of study concerned with the ethics and philosophical implications of certain biological and medical procedures, technologies, and treatments, as organ transplants, genetic engineering, and care of the terminally ill.
Examples
Alicia Ouellette, dean of the Albany Law School and a leading bioethics expert who was appointed to the state task force last year, said she was unaware of how some of the state’s vaccine distribution plans had been formulated.
Too often in bioethics debates, we forget the people who are actually going to be affected by a new procedure.
“Yes,” Dr. Iain Brassington, a bioethics lecturer at the University of Manchester, told me.
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