| 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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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 |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | 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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