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Lecture 5.3 Bioethics
Lecture 5.3 Bioethics
Non-Maleficence Justice
Healthcare provides must not Patients should share (more or
hurt their patients. “First, do no less) equally in the costs and
harm.” benefits of the healthcare system.
SCOPE OF BIOETHICS
The scope of bioethics has expanded to include the ethical
questions raised by:
1. Abortion
2. Euthanasia
3. Eugenics
4. Human Cloning
5. Stem Cell Research
ABORTION
Abortion is the removal
of a fetus or embryo
from a woman's uterus
resulting in the
termination of a
pregnancy.