Four decades ago the profession of bioethics did not exist. Today, bioethics is a part of the landscape of the life sciences: ethics committees are now mandatory in American hospitals;all federally funded research that involves human beings or animals must be reviewed by a board constituted to protect the subjects of research;a plethora of seminars offer training in bioethics for those who need, or wish, to offer ethical advice;bioethics courses are now a regular part of the curriculum at universities, colleges and medical schools. Given the growing importance of bioethics for the practice of medicine and medical research, it is imperative that those who provide, and those who use, medical services have a clear picture of how this new profession is influencing the art and science of healing. Combining the methods of social history and sociological analysis, Medicine's Monitor provides the first systematic study of the organization and substance of bioethics.
The aim of this project is to explore the reciprocal influence between bioethics and the work of medicine and medical science. This will be done by: revisiting the history of bioethics, paying particular attention to the societal (i.e., social and cultural) and professional (i.e., medicine and medical science) contexts that gave birth to, and nurtured, bioethics;describing past and ongoing struggles on how to best organize bioethics both as a profession and within institutions;closely examining the influence of bioethics: a) on the education of health professionals, b) in the clinic, c) in medical research, and d) in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries;and considering the future of the field, including alternative visions of the bioethical presence in medicine.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Type
Health Sciences Publication Support Awards (NLM) (G13)
Project #
5G13LM008781-03
Application #
7625217
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZLM1-ZH-D (O1))
Program Officer
Sim, Hua-Chuan
Project Start
2007-05-01
Project End
2011-04-30
Budget Start
2009-05-01
Budget End
2011-04-30
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$76,994
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Department
Miscellaneous
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
073133571
City
Ann Arbor
State
MI
Country
United States
Zip Code
48109
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Chattopadhyay, Subrata; De Vries, Raymond (2013) Respect for cultural diversity in bioethics is an ethical imperative. Med Health Care Philos 16:639-45
Martinson, Brian C; Crain, A Lauren; Anderson, Melissa S et al. (2009) Institutions' expectations for researchers' self-funding, federal grant holding, and private industry involvement: manifold drivers of self-interest and researcher behavior. Acad Med 84:1491-9
Leget, Carlo; Borry, Pascal; de Vries, Raymond (2009) 'Nobody tosses a dwarf!' The relation between the empirical and the normative reexamined. Bioethics 23:226-35
De Vries, Raymond (2009) Why can't we all just get along? A comment on Turner's plea to social scientists and bioethicists. Camb Q Healthc Ethics 18:43-6
De Vries, Raymond; Dingwall, Robert; Orfali, Kristina (2009) The moral organization of the professions: Bioethics in the United States and France. Curr Sociol 57:555-579
De Vries, Raymond G; Keirns, Carla C (2008) Does money make bioethics go 'round? Am J Bioeth 8:65-7
De Vries, Raymond G; Kim, Scott Y H (2008) Bioethics and the sociology of trust: introduction to the theme. Med Health Care Philos 11:377-9
de Vries, Raymond (2008) The prepositions of bioethics. Hastings Cent Rep 38:1 p following 48
de Vries, Raymond; Berlinger, Nancy; Cadge, Wendy (2008) Lost in translation: the chaplain's role in health care. Hastings Cent Rep 38:23-7

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