Sentences with phrase «on bioethics»

He unequivocally condemned abortion and euthanasia, provided guidance on bioethics, and moved the Church away from capital punishment.

Compare, for example, the process involved in the writing of the U.S. bishops» pastoral letters and the process involved in the writing of the recent instruction of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on bioethics.

So the first book we're reading for my seminar on bioethics is BIOTECHNOLOGY: OUR FUTURE AS HUMAN BEINGS AND CITIZENS, edited by Sean D. Sutton.

An African - born academic in Scotland who specializes in medical law and frequently sits on bioethics panels, committees, commissions, and so forth, McCall Smith had published a number of books before he achieved improbable fame with a series of tales featuring Precious Ramotswe, founder of the only detective agency in Botswana, a serenely self - assured woman who solves crimes and dispenses wisdom with equal aplomb.

The President's Council on Bioethics was formed to advise the president on bioethics issues — particularly, the ethics of using embryonic stem cells in biomedical research.

France's national committee on bioethics has called for a clampdown on clinics offering an increasingly popular form of in vitro fertilisation in which a single sperm is injected directly into an egg.

She has presented her work on bioethics, neuroethics, criminal law, and behavioral health law and policy, to wide - ranging audiences including the Second Circuit Judicial Conference, the National Judicial College, the Global Women's Forum, the Stanford Center for the Integration of Research on Genetics and Ethics, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy.

A principal challenge is the cultural differences between countries, meaning that legislature drawing on bioethics policy can differ substantially across countries.

The day the government announced that the bills would go ahead, the French general secretary of the Council of Europe, Catherine Lalumiere, unveiled plans for a European convention on bioethics that France wants adopted by 1993.

The PhD program focuses on bioethics as it relates to questions in public health and health policy (rather than, for example, medical ethics).

Common among many past winners of the award has been serving on presidential commissions on bioethics.

Jacqueline came to D.C. as a Teach for America (TFA) corps member and taught biology at Dunbar Senior High School where she began her family engagement work, implementing a problem - based module for students and their families on bioethics.

Furthermore, in its report on bioethics, the Nuffield Council rejects the age old adage that «you have nothing to fear if you are innocent»: it is simply not sufficient justification of the state's interference with the lives of its citizens.

Conduct research, gather, and synthesize and summarize background information on bioethics topics relevant to Diabetes such as law, health policy, and medical humanities.

To better understand public opinion on bioethics, one must begin by abandoning the premise of just about all those who have sought to wield such opinion in the political arena: that the public has views that are clearly defined or strongly held.

Leon Kass, a professor at the University of Chicago, recently chaired the President's council on bioethics.

While supporters were disappointed in the decisive vote, Koechlin says they were pleased that the initiative at least «sparked a wide discussion» on bioethics.