noun
- the study of ethical issues arising from advances in biology and medicine
Usage: academic field
Examples
- The university offers a graduate program in bioethics.
- Bioethics committees review research proposals involving human subjects.
- Gene editing raises important questions in bioethics.
- She works as a bioethics consultant at the hospital.
- The bioethics of artificial intelligence in healthcare is hotly debated.
- Medical students must take a course in bioethics.