Bioethics

AuthorJohn Eaton; Denis Le May
ProfessionLibrarian & Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba/Avocat, Barreau du Québec, Conseiller à la documentation en droit (1975?2006) et Chargé de cours, Faculté de droit, Université Laval
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BIOETHICS / BIOÉTHIQUE13
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BIOETHICS
Considered to be at the crossroads of ethical questions related to life and death, bioethics
raises two diff‌iculties for lawyers as a f‌ield of study. On the one hand, ethics are distributed in
a variety of f‌ields (e.g., medicine, pharmacy, and other professions); on the other hand, other
disciplines intervene (e.g., theology, philosophy, sociology, biology, etc.) so that the lawyer is
not the sole decision-maker and is not guided exclusively by matters of law.
BIOÉTHIQUE
Carrefour des questions éthiques liées à la vie et à la mort, la bioéthique, comme champ d’étu-
de, pose deux diff‌icultés aux juristes. D’une part, l’éthique se trouve répartie dans une foule
d’aspects ou de domaines éclatés (médecine, pharmacie, déontologie professionnelle) ; d’autre
part, d’autres disciplines interviennent sur les problèmes (théologie, philosophie, sociologie,
biologie, etc.), ne laissant plus le juriste seul à décider. Les problèmes particuliers du consen-
tement aux soins sont réglés au Code civil et souvent abordés dans les ouvrages traitant de la
PERSONNE ou de la SANTÉ – MÉDECINE.
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Commission
Report on Gene tic TestingOLRC 199 6
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Maria Knoppers, and L adan
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