Editing Bioethics (section)

{{Short description|Study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine}}
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'''Bioethics''' is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in [[ethics|ethical issues]] related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes [[animal ethics]]), including those emerging from advances in [[biology]], [[medicine]], and technologies. It proposes the discussion about moral discernment in society (what decisions are "good" or "bad" and why) and it is often related to medical policy and practice, but also to broader questions as [[Biophysical environment|environment]], [[well-being]] and [[public health]]. Bioethics is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among [[life sciences]], [[biotechnology]], [[medicine]], [[politics]], [[law]], [[theology]] and [[philosophy]]. It includes the study of values relating to primary care, other branches of medicine ("[[primary care ethics|the ethics of the ordinary]]"), ethical education in science, animal, and [[environmental ethics]], and public health.