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Bioethics and the Rituals of Media
Author(s) -
Simonson Peter
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3528295
Subject(s) - bioethics , function (biology) , field (mathematics) , sociology , environmental ethics , political science , law , philosophy , biology , mathematics , evolutionary biology , pure mathematics
Popular media may make short shrift of complex ideas and moral deliberations, but it can also serve bioethics well. Bioethics should embrace the ritual function of the media in bringing issues to public attention and in reinforcing bioethics as a field.