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List some of the Bioethical Issues in Ethics and Social Responsibility

      

List some of the Bioethical Issues in Ethics and Social Responsibility

  

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-Abortion Artificial termination of pregnancy.
-Animal rights Acknowledging the fundamental rights of animals.
-Artificial insemination Introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by artificial means.
-Assisted suicide Helping terminally ill person to commit suicide.
-Biopiracy Illegal theft and patenting of indigenous plants for own use.
-Blood/blood plasma trade Illegal trading of blood and blood plasma.
-Body modification Deliberate altering of the human body for non-medical reasons.
-Brain-computer interface A concept which facilitates direct interaction between brain and external device.
-Cloning Research involving creation of a copy of some biological entity.
-Contraception Birth control by using various contraceptive measures.
-Cryonics A process wherein the body of a seriously ill or a deceased individual is frozen to stop the decomposition of tissues.
-Eugenics Improving genetic qualities by means of selective breeding.
-Euthanasia Killing an individual (or animal) without making them suffer from pain.
-Gene theft The illegal process of acquiring genetic material of some other human being.
-Gene therapy The process of replacing defective genes with normal or genetically altered genes.
-Genetically modified food Consumption of food derived from genetically modified organisms.
-Genetically modified organism An organism which has undergone genetic modification by the means of genetic engineering.
-Human cloning Creating a genetically identical copy of a human.
-Human enhancement Overcoming the limitations of body by artificial means.
-Life extension Attempts to either slow down or reverse the processes of aging to maximize life span.
-Life support Resorting to medical equipment to keep an individual alive.
-Medical malpractice Professional negligence by a medical officer which results in harm to the patient.
-Medical research Research carried out to aid and support the body in the field of medicine.
-Nanomedicine The application of nanotechnology in the field of medicine.
-Organ transplant Unfair donation of any part of the body on the basis of race, class, etc. Pain management The use of artificial measures to ease the suffering associated with pain.
-Parthenogenesis Conception of human beings without fertilization by a man.
-Population control Government efforts to regulate the growth of population.
-Procreative beneficence Moral obligation of people to have healthy children by resorting to natural or artificial means.
-Psychosurgery Brain surgery carried out to ease the complications associated with mental or behavioral problems.
-Recreational drug use Use of psychoactive substances with the intention of getting a 'high'.
-Reproductive rights The legal rights and freedom pertaining to human reproduction and reproductive health.
-Sex reassignment therapy Medical procedures pertaining to sex reassignment of both trans-gender and inter-sexual individuals.
-Sperm donation Donation of sperm to be eventually used to achieve pregnancy in a woman who is not the person's sexual partner.
-Spiritual drug use Use of psychoactive substances in religious or spiritual context. Suicide The act of killing oneself.
-Surrogacy A process wherein a woman agrees to carry and deliver a child for a contracted party.
-Transhumanism An international movement which advocates the use of science and technology to
improve the mental and physical capacities of humans.
-Vaccination A dispute over the morality, ethics, effectiveness as well as the safety of vaccination process.
-Xenotransplantation Surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organ is transferred from one species to another.
Titany answered the question on November 8, 2021 at 09:37


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