Answering the ‘So What?’ Question for Empirical Research in Bioethics

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 68-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew K. Wynia
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Empirical Research In Bioethics

The Future of Empirical Research in Bioethics

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Sugarman
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Life Threatening Illness ◽  
Descriptive Ethics ◽  
Health Related ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Empirical Research In Bioethics

Empirical research in bioethics can be defined as the application of research methods in the social sciences (such as anthropology, epidemiology, psychology, and sociology) to the direct examination of issues in [bioethics]. As such, empirical work is a form of descriptive ethics, focused on describing a particular state of affairs that has some moral or ethical relevance. For example, empirical research can help to describe cultural beliefs about the appropriateness of providing health-related information, such as the diagnosis of a life-threatening illness, which informs deliberations about the extent to which it is morally important for clinicians to provide comprehensive information to patients in different cultural contexts. Similarly, empirical research can delineate popular attitudes and experiences related to contentious issues such as abortion, cloning, stem-cell research, and physician-assisted suicide to enlighten discussions and policy formulations regarding them.

Assessing empirical research in bioethics

1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baruch A. Brody
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Empirical Research In Bioethics

scholarly journals Categorizing Empirical Research in Bioethics: Why Count the Ways?

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 66-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Sugarman ◽  
Nancy Kass ◽  
Ruth Faden
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Empirical Research In Bioethics
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