Abstract
With human genetic technologies now an important area of European research and development, bioethics is becoming increasingly important in its regulation and future. As regulatory decisions are also statements about who should get what, bioethics cannot avoid political controversy. Can bioethics sustain its claimed role as authoritative adviser to decision makers, or will its attempts to reach a consensus on human genetic technologies be perceived as the actions of an ambitious interest group? What, in short, is its political future in Europe and elsewhere?
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 808-814 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Nature Reviews Genetics |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 1 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:47. Marris, C., Wynne, B., Simmons, P. & Weldon, S. Public Perceptions of Agricultural Biotechnologies in Europe Final report of the PABE research project, funded by the Commission of European Communities, contract number: FAIR CT98-3844 (DG12–SSMI) <http://www.pabe.net> (2001).
Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the support of the Economic and Social Research Council Innovative Health Technologies Research Programme, under which the research project “Governance of Human Genetics” was conducted.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Genetics(clinical)