Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Vols. I-IV
Abstract
/979Reich.Co.),of Bioethics, Vols. I-IV, edited Nestâ York, N. Y. , Free Press (Macmillati /979, l,842pp., $2OOA. four-volume encyclopedia, the the subject firsthâWarren PublishingT.to be publishedof bioethics,positions takento synthesize,in theanalyze,past andpresent and to point up issues that require further tion. Bioethics has emerged as a contemporary non, and it has captured present-day attention considers major conflicts in the area of technologyhuman How values-those to defineexaminaphenomebecause itsphere of Georgetown University.â A full range of ethical views and policy opinions was gathered on matters conccrned with the life sciences. The editorial advisory staff was composed of 60 members who gathered together from vanous countries representing all disciplines converging on bioethics. Eight associate editors contributed a level of expertise to the project that would be hard to match elsewhere. All told, I ,300 professionals were involved in some way at some time in the making up of these pages. Each editor was required to submit a description ofthe scope ofarticles needed in specific areas. and contributors were selected on the basisdealing with health and life and death. bioethics? It has a composite name taken from the Greek bios (life) and ethicke (ethics): â â It is a systematic study of human conduct