Definition: Bioethics is the systematic study of moral questions that arise in biology, medicine and the life sciences, especially where scientific capability affects human welfare, individual choice, ...

Why should I consider a PhD in Health Care Ethics at SLU? The Ph.D. programs in Health Care Ethics are perfect for students interested in graduate training that (1) is truly interdisciplinary with ...

These are times of crisis. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic and the resurgence of a form of Cold War raised international concerns about Health & Well-Being, Climate & Biodiversity, and Technology & ...

It is hard to read a newspaper, watch a news show, or listen to the radio without hearing the voice of the bioethicist. Cloning, stem cell research, genetic testing, gene therapy, managed care, organ ...

A new Hastings Center special report calls on the field of bioethics to take the lead in efforts to remedy racial injustice and health inequities in the United States. As an academic field concerned ...

If the coronavirus pandemic taught us anything, it’s that existing social inequities have an outsized impact upon the health of certain populations. This creates a need to think even more broadly and ...

In the mid-1960s, James M. Gustafson, a professor of Christian ethics at Yale Divinity School, mentored a cohort of remarkably talented students. Many of those young scholars, united by their ...

A new Penn Nursing initiative explores the impact of federally funded international bioethics training programs. The collaborative initiative, published in the Journal of Empirical Research on Human ...

An international team of experts in embryology and bioethics has published the first white paper on the use of embryonic ...

You’ll want to complete our online application, submit all of the required materials and pay the application fee. Success in a PhD program requires that you are ready for independent study. As PhD ...

A series of bioethics-focused CME programs will give healthcare professionals applied training to address ethical challenges in clinical care and research. Events from the University of Pittsburgh, ...