Abstract
Bioethics has become a subject of public debate, and the discussion has spread to a number of different, mainly deliberative, forums. Bioethical issues soon started to influence legislative debate and policies on health and new technologies. This entry reviews the evolution of the bioethics debate and its influence on politics and presents an overview of the future discussion.
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Martinho da Silva, P. (2015). Bioethics: And Politics. In: ten Have, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2_52-1
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