Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 54. No. 4., 2015.
Review article
Current perspectives of Potter's global bioethics as a bridge between clinical (personalized) and public health ethics
Iva Sorta-Bilajac Turina
; Department of Social Medicine, Teaching Institute of Public Health of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Rijeka, Croatia; Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rijeka School of Medicine, Rijeka, Croatia ; Department of Biotechnology, Universi
Morana Brkljačić
; Sv. Rok M.D. Polyclinic, Zagreb, Croatia; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Cecilija Grgas-Bile
; Clinical Department of Traumatology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Domagoj Gajski
; Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia; University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Aleksandar Racz
; University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Čengić
; Clinical Department of Traumatology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia; University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In the context of modern scientific and technological developments in biomedicine and health care, and the potential consequences of their application on humans and the environment, Potter’s global bioethics concept resurfaces. By actualizing Potter’s original thoughts on individual bioethical issues, the universality of two of his books, which today represent the backbone of the world bioethical literature, “Bioethics – Bridge to the Future” and “Global Bioethics: Building on the Leopold Legacy”, is emphasized. Potter’s global bioethics today can legitimately be viewed as a bridge between clinical personalized ethics on the one hand and ethics of public health on the other.
Keywords
bioethics – history; Ethics, clinical; Public health; Potter VR; Personalized medicine
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155658
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Publication date:
1.12.2015.
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