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Bioethics and Human Rights: A Historical Perspective
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Bioethics and human rights were conceived in the aftermath of the Holocaust, when moral outrage reenergized the outmoded concepts of “medical ethics” and “natural rights,” renaming them “bioethics,” and “human rights” to give them new purpose. Originally, the principles of bioethics were a means for protecting human rights, but through a historical accident, bioethical principles came to be considered as fundamental. In this paper I reflect on the parallel development and accidental divorce of bioethics and human rights to urge their reconciliation.
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- Authors
- BAKER, R.
- Affiliations
- Union College (US)
- Corresponding author
- BAKER, ROBERT
- ORCID
- BAKER, ROBERT
- Venue
- Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2001-06-29
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 241-252
- ISSN
- 0963-1801 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-2147
- OpenAlex
- W2044788044
- Cited by
- 119
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 0.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Social Sciences › Law › Medical and Health Sciences Research
- Social Sciences › Law › Legal Rights and Human Rights
- Keywords
- bioethics, human rights, history of bioethics, Holocaust, medical ethics, natural rights, bioethical principles
- MeSH terms
- Asia, Bioethics, Europe, Helsinki Declaration, Humans, Human Experimentation, Human Rights, Political Systems, Social Justice, United Nations, United States, Holocaust, Internationality, History, 20th Century
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