The strengths and limitations of empirical bioethics. J Law Med 2010 Dec;18(2):316-9
Date
03/02/2011Pubmed ID
21355433Scopus ID
2-s2.0-79955037350 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 14 CitationsAbstract
The past two decades have been witness to an "empirical turn" in bioethics. Whereas once this field of study concerned itself purely with theoretical analysis of ethical issues emerging in the design and delivery of health care, increasingly bioethics has embraced a range of empirical research methods from the social sciences and humanities. The emergence of "empirical bioethics" has, however, been the subject of enormous debate, both in regard to its methods and its purpose. For the most part these criticisms fail to appreciate the assumptions that underpin empirical bioethics or misrepresent the claims that are made about its moral utility. This article provides a brief account of the assumptions, strengths and limitations of empirical bioethics.
Author List
Strong KA, Lipworth W, Kerridge IMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Bioethical IssuesBioethics
Empirical Research
Humans
