Bioethica, vel ethica biologica, est studium rerum ethicarum, usitate controversarum, quae ex novis rebus et facultatibus per progressum in biologia et medicina effectis oriuntur. Quae etiam prudentia et usu medico est perspicientia moralis. Bioethicistis referunt quaestiones ethicae quae in coniunctionibus scientiarum vitae, biotechnologiae, medicinae, civilitatis, legum, et philosophiae oriuntur. Bioethica etiam amplectitur studium rerum vulgarium ad aestimationes pertinentium ("ethica quotidiana") quae in cura primaria aliisque medicinae ramis oriri possunt.

Inter disciplinas scientiarum ad curationem medicam pertinentium quae sunt res explicationis bioethicae a paribus retractatae et publicatae sunt:

Nexus interni

• Bioethics (periodicum)
• Eugenica
• Informatio genetica
• Ius vitae
• Lex medica
• Neuroethica
• Organismus genetice mutatus
• Philosophia scientiae
• Technologia genetica

Notae

Bibliographia

Bioethica generalis

• Andre, Judith. 2002. Bioethics as Practice. Chapel Hill et Londinii: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-2733-9.
• Appel, Jacob M. 2009. A Supreme Court for Bioethics. Huffington Post, 9 Augusti.
• Aulisio, Mark, Robert Arnold, et Stuart Younger. 2003. Ethics Consultation; from theory to practice. Baltimorae, Londinii: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-7165-4.
• Faden, Ruth. 2004. Bioethics: A field in transition. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics.
• Caplan, Arthur. 2006. Smart Mice Not So Smart People. Rowman Littlefield.
• Glad, John. 2008. Future Human Evolution: Eugenics in the Twenty-First Century. Hermitage Press. ISBN 1-55779-154-6. PDF.
• Emanuel, Ezekiel, Robert Crouch, John Arras, Jonathan Moreno, et Christine Grady. 2003. Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Research. Baltimorae, Londinii: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-7813-6.
• Crowley, Mary, ed. 2008. From Birth to Death and Bench to Clinic: The Hastings Center Bioethics Briefing Book. Garrison Novi Eboraci: The Hastings Center. Summarium.
• Beauchamp, Tom, et James F. Childress. 2001. Principles of Biomedical Ethics. Oxoniae et Novi Eboraci: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-514332-9.
• Häyry, Matti, Tuija Takala, Peter Herissone-Kelly, et Gardar Árnason, eds. 2010. Arguments and Analysis in Bioethics. Amstelodami et Novi Eboraci: Rodopi. ISBN 978-90-420-2802-9.
• Jonsen, Albert, Robert Veatch, et LeRoy Walters. 1998. SourceBook in Bioethics. Vasingtoniae: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 0-87840-685-9.
• Jonathan, Baron. 2006. Against Bioethics. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-02596-6.
• Kaldis, Byron. 2011. Bioethics. In Sage Encyclopedia of Green Technology. Thousand Oaks Californiae: Sage.
• Khushf, George, ed. 2004. Handbook of Bioethics: taking stock of the field from a philosophical perspective. Dordrecht, Bostoniae, Londinii: Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 1-4020-1893-2.
• Luna, Florencia. 2006. Bioethics and Vulnerability: A Latin American View. Ed. Peter Herissone-Kelly. Conv. ex Hispanica a Laura Pakter. Amstelodami et Novi Eboraci: Rodopi. ISBN 978-90-420-2073-3.
• McGee, Glenn. 2003. Pragmatic Bioethics. Ed. 2a. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-63272-0.
• Morthals, Michiel, et Robert J. Bogers, eds. 2004. Ethics for Life Scientists. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4020-3178-6.
• Kuczewski, Mark G., et Ronald Polansky, eds. 2002. Bioethics: Ancient Themes in Contemporary Issues. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-61177-0.
• Murphy, Timothy. 2004. Case Studies in Biomedical Research Ethics. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-13437-8.
• Ravitsky, Vardit, Autumn Fiester, et Arthur Caplan, eds. 2009. The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics. Novi Eboraci: Springer. ISBN 978-0-8261-1522-5.
• Singer, Peter A., et A. M. Viens. 2008. Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics. Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-69443-8. Catalogus.
• Sugarman, Jeremy, et Daniel Sulmasy. 2001. Methods in Medical Ethics. Vasingtoniae: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 0-262-70072-7.
• Tauber, Alfred I. 2005. Patient Autonomy and the Ethics of Responsibility. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-70112-X.

Bioethica Buddhistica

• Florida, R. E. 1994. Buddhism and the Four Principles. In Principles of Health Care Ethics, ed. R. Gillon et A. Lloyd, 105-116. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
• Keown, Damien. 1995. Buddhism & Bioethics. Londinii et Novi Eboraci: Macmillan / St. Martins Press.

Bioethica Christiana

• Colson, Charles W., ed. 2004. Human Dignity in the Biotech Century: A Christian Vision for Public Policy. Downers Grove Illinoesiae: InterVarsity Press. ISBN 0-8308-2783-8.
• Demy, Timothy J., et Gary P. Stewart. 1998. Suicide: A Christian Response: Crucial Considerations for Choosing Life. Grand Rapids Michiganiae: Kregel. ISBN 0-8254-2355-4.
• Ioannes Paulus Papa II. 1995. Evangelium Vitae: The Gospel of Life. Novi Eboraci: Random House. ISBN 0-8129-2671-4.
• Kilner, John, et al. 1995. Bioethics and the Future of Medicine: A Christian Appraisal. Grand Rapids Michiganiae: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8028-4081-7.
• Kilner, John F., Arlene B. Miller, et Edmund D. Pellegrino, eds. 1996. Dignity and Dying: A Christian Appraisal. Grand Rapids Michiganiae: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.; Luguvalii Angliae: Paternoster Press. ISBN 0-8028-4232-1.
• Meilaender, Gilbert. 2004. Bioethics: A Primer For Christians. Grand Rapids Michiganiae: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8028-4234-8.
• Loudovikos, Nikolaos. 2002. The Individualization of Death and Euthanasia. Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, Committee of Bioethics, Scientific Conference on Euthanasia (Athens, 17–18 Maii 2002). (Graece)
• Paulus Papa VI. 1968. Humanae vitae: Human Life. Civitas Vaticana.
• Levada, William Cardinal. 2008. [1] "Dignitas Personae on certain Bioethical Questions."]
• Smith, Wesley J. 2004. Consumer's Guide to A Brave New World. Franciscopoli: Encounter Books. ISBN 1-893554-99-6.
• Smith, Wesley J. 1997. Forced Exit: The Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Murder. Novi Eboraci: Times Books. ISBN 0-8129-2790-7.
• Smith, Wesley J. 2000. Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America. Franciscopoli: Encounter Books. ISBN 1-893554-06-6.
• Stewart, Gary P., et al. 1998. Basic Questions on Suicide and Euthanasia: Are They Ever Right? BioBasics Series. Grand Rapids Michiganiae: Kregel. ISBN 0-8254-3072-0.
• Stewart, Gary P., et al. 1998. Basic Questions on End of Life Decisions: How Do We Know What's Right? Grand Rapids Michiganiae: Kregel. ISBN 0-8254-3070-4.
• Westphal, Euler Renato. 2004. O Oitavo dia: na era da seleção artificial. São Bento do Sul: União Cristã. ISBN 85-87485-18-0.

Bioethica Hinduistica

• Coward, H. G., J. J. Lipner, et K. K. Young. 1989. Hindu Ethics: Purity, Abortion, and Euthanasia. Albaniae: State University of New York Press.
• Crawford, S. C. 1995. Dilemmas of Life and Death, Hindu Ethics in A North American Context 1995. Albaniae: State University of New York Press.
• Crawford, S. C. 2003. Hindu Bioethics for the Twenty-first Century. Albaniae: State University of New York Press.
• Firth, S. 2005. End-of-life: a Hindu view. The Lancet 366(9486):682-686.
• Lakhan, Shaheen. 2008. Hinduism: life and death. Student BMJ 16(18):310-311.

Bioethica Islamica

• Hamdy, Sherine. 2012. Our Bodies Belong to God: Organ Transplantation, Islam, and the Struggle for Human Dignity in Egypt. Berkeleiae: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-27176-0.
• Al Khayat, M. H. 1995. Health and Islamic behaviour. In Health policy, ethics and human values: Islamic perspective, ed. A. R. El Gindy, 447-450. Kuwait: Islamic Organization of Medical Sciences.
• Ebrahim, Abul Fadl Mohsin. 1989. Abortion, Birth Control and Surrogate Parenting: An Islamic Perspective. Indianapolis. ISBN 0-89259-081-5.
• Esposito, John, ed. 1995. Surrogate Motherhood. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, vol. 4. Novi Eboraci: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509615-0.
• Karic, Enes. The Ethics of Cloning. Islamica Magazine autumno/hieme 2004(11).
• Islamic Medical and Scientific Ethics Special Collection and Database. Georgetown University.

Bioethica Iudaica

• Bleich, J. David. 1981. Judaism and Healing. Novi Eboraci: Ktav. ISBN 0-87068-891-X.
• Dorff, Elliot N. 1998. Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics. Philadelphiae: Jewish Publication Society. ISBN 0-8276-0647-8.
• Feldman, D. M. 1974. Marital relations, birth control, and abortion in Jewish law. Novi Eboraci: Schocken Books.
• Freedman B. 1999. Duty and healing: foundations of a Jewish bioethic. Novi Eboraci: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-92179-1.
• Jakobovits, Immanuel. 1959. Jewish Medical Ethics. Novi Eboraci: Bloch Publishing.
• Mackler, Aaron L., ed. 2000. Life & Death Responsibilities in Jewish Biomedical Ethics. Novi Eboraci: JTS. ISBN 0-87334-081-7.
• Maibaum M. 1986. A 'progressive' Jewish medical ethics: notes for an agenda. Journal of Reform Judaism 33(3):27-33.
• Rosner, Fred. 1986. Modern medicine and Jewish ethics. Novi Eboraci: Yeshiva University Press. ISBN 0-88125-091-0.
• Zohar, Noam J. 1997. Alternatives in Jewish Bioethics. Albaniae: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-7914-3273-4.

Nexus externi

• Bioethica, www.iep.utm.edu (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
• "The Royal Children's Hospital Children's Bioethics Centre," www.rch.org.au (Melburni Australiae)
• "The Program for Biomedical Ethics," www.biomedicalethics.yale.edy (Universitas Yalensis)
• "The Hastings Center's Bioethics Forum," www.thehastingscenter.org (blog)
• "The Berman Institute Bioethics Bulletin," www.bioethicsbulletin.org (blog)
• "Berman Institute of Bioethics," www.bioethicsinstitute.org (Johns Hopkins)
• Pelliculae ex Bioethics Symposium, videos.med.wisc.edu (University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, 2011)
• "The Bioethics Research Library," bioethics.georgetown.edu (Georgetown University)
• "Southern Cross Bioethics Institute," www.bioethics.org.au (South Australia, Australia)
• Bioethica Francica, bioethique.com
• "Feminist Bioethics," plato.stanford.edu (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
• De bioethica, www.bioexplorer.net (BioExplorer)