Institutionalization of Bioethics in Serbia

Abstract

In this paper, the authors intend to give an overview of the institutionalization of bioethics in Serbia. In the first part of the paper the authors are going to briefly elaborate on the meaning of the notion of institutionalization and certain important definitions of bioethics, while in the second part of the paper they are going to consider the basic trends regarding the institutionalization of bioethics in Serbia. On the one hand, the institutionalization of bioethics involves the activities of the organizations whose aims are oriented towards the development of bioethics as the multidisciplinary field and, on the other hand, it involves primarily the
development of bioethical education within the programs of Serbian academic institutions. In the third part of the paper the authors briefly analyze one of current bioethical issues regarding assisted reproduction as the form of institutionalization of bioethics in Serbia and the necessity of reflection on this issue from different perspectives, not only medical but also juridical, philosophical and sociological perspective. In the conclusion the authors point to the development of the institutionalization of bioethics in Serbia.