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The term ‘bioethics’ was used for the first time by Potter in 1970 and has completed its first twenty-eight years of existence (Potter, 1970, 1971). This term is coming of age, which explains why it is beginning to have a sufficiently mature and systematic doctrine behind it.
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Gracia, D. (2001). History of Medical Ethics. In: ten Have, H., Gordijn, B. (eds) Bioethics in a European Perspective. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9706-7_2
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