Bioethics is a new discipline. This paper mainly studies the ethical issues raised by life science, biotechnology and medical treatment, and regulates them so that people can follow them. Ethics refers to the basic morality and principles of the relationship between people.

Bioethics is a book published by Southwest Normal University Press on June 5438+065438+ 10, 2008 by Wu Nengbiao. This book mainly introduces the general situation of bioethics and the ethical, legal and social issues involved in the study of human genome.

Basic principles of bioethics:

The principles of harmlessness, kindness, justice and respect are universally recognized as the basic principles of bioethics.

Content introduction:

The development of life science has brought more scientific and technological enjoyment to mankind, improved people's quality of life, greatly extended people's life span, and made many miracles that we thought impossible slowly become reality. However, the rapid development of life science brings us good news, but also poses new challenges to our traditional ethics.

This book introduces an overview of bioethics, ethical, legal and social issues involved in human genome research, ethical issues of human stem cell research, cloning technology and cloning ethics, ethical principles of human and animal experiments, ethical issues of organ transplantation, ethical issues of birth control and reproductive technology, ethical thinking of diseases, ethical principles of health, clinical diagnosis and treatment, euthanasia and hospice care, etc.

The research content of bioethics;

Ethical principles of clinical decision-making and behavior, rights and obligations of patients and medical students, doctor-patient relationship, and moral cultivation of medical staff;

Ethical issues in life science research, protection of human subjects' rights and interests, ethical issues in the application of high-tech life science and technology, brain death, hospice care, quality of life and euthanasia, etc.

Health economic ethics, medical reform, insurance and hospital work, hospital ethics Committee, health policy and legal system construction, etc. Ecological and environmental protection, earth or earth ethics, animal rights protection, etc.