Global bioethics – myth or reality?

Holm, Soren and Williams-Jones, Bryn 2006. Global bioethics – myth or reality? BMC Medical Ethics 7 , 10. 10.1186/1472-6939-7-10

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Abstract

Background: There has been debate on whether a global or unified field of bioethics exists. If bioethics is a unified global field, or at the very least a closely shared way of thinking, then we should expect bioethicists to behave the same way in their academic activities anywhere in the world. This paper investigates whether there is a 'global bioethics' in the sense of a unified academic community. Methods: To address this question, we study the web-linking patterns of bioethics institutions, the citation patterns of bioethics papers and the buying patterns of bioethics books. Results: All three analyses indicate that there are geographical and institutional differences in the academic behavior of bioethicists and bioethics institutions. Conclusion: These exploratory studies support the position that there is no unified global field of bioethics. This is a problem if the only reason is parochialism. But these regional differences are probably of less concern if one notices that bioethics comes in many not always mutually understandable dialects.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Law
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Publisher:	BioMed Central
ISSN:	1472-6939
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	11 September 2006
Last Modified:	15 May 2023 05:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/66193

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