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International Bioethics Committees: Conditions for a Good Deliberation

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Bioethical Decision Making and Argumentation

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One of the most relevant effects of bioethics emergence has been the spread of deliberative bodies on bioethics matters. Their features are very wide, depending upon the entity that creates them, their regional scope, the issues they deal with, the ruling strength of their agreements, etc. Among them, international bioethics committees are particularly relevant due to the huge impact of their work on global public opinion, as well as on the policies approved by governments all around the world. These bodies are presumed to adopt their decisions, as well as the other bioethics committees, after deliberating on facts and values (Gracia 2001).

I want to thank Laurence Lwoff, Head of the Bioethics Unit Secretary of the Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO), for the information provided about the DH-BIO.

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Bellver, V. (2016). International Bioethics Committees: Conditions for a Good Deliberation. In: Serna, P., Seoane, JA. (eds) Bioethical Decision Making and Argumentation. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 70. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43419-3_9

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