Bioethics and animal research: A personal perspective and a note on the contribution of Fritz Jahr

Abstract

Reviewing fundamental aspects of bioethics and outlining the work of the Bioethics Program of the Pan American Health Organization, this paper draws attention to the work of a forgotten pioneer- Fritz Jahr- who coined the term bioethics in 1927 and anticipated many of the arguments and discussions now current in biological research involving animals

Keywords

• Bioethics
• Biological research
• Pan American Health Organization
• Fritz Jahr