What is Bioethics?
Bioethics addresses ethical issues in healthcare, medicine, research, biotechnology, and the environment. Contributions to bioethical discussions draw on expertise and methods from the sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. Professionals working in the field of bioethics include philosophers, scientists, healthcare administrators, lawyers, theologians, anthropologists, disability advocates, and social workers. Topic areas that have been the focus of bioethics for a long time are human experimentation, organ donation and transplantation, genetic research, death and dying, and environmental concerns. New developments in science and technology have focused attention on the topics such as assisted reproductive technologies, neuroethics (ethical issues around brain imaging and testing), nanotechnologies and data ethics.