Bioethics and health ethics: a critical examination of the new terminology

W.J. Curran

American Journal of Public Health, 1976, vol. 66, issue 5, 497-498

Abstract: In view of the renewed attention to the American language initiated by the nation's Bicentennial, this paper considers what is meant by such terms as medical ethics, bioethics and health ethics. It is, however, the concept of public health ethics that appeals to the author as it suggests that people in general, not merely health professionals, have ethical obligations related to public as well as private health. A balance must be struck between the attainment of one's personal rights and benefits and one's obligations to others.

Date: 1976
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