Van Rensselaer Potter
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Brief Biosketech: Van Rensselaer Potter created and defined the
term bioethics in 1970 in his book Bioethics: Bridge to the
Future. He PhD in cell biology and specialized in cancer research
at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. His writings have had
a profound effect on bioethical thinking.
Potter's definition of bioethics from Global Bioethics:
"Biology combined with diverse humanistic knowledge forging
a science that sets a system of medical and environmental priorities
for acceptable survival."
Author of
Global Bioethics: Building on the Leopold Legacy by Van Rensselaer
Potter (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1988).
Bioethics: Bridge to the Future by Van Rensselaer Potter (Englewood
Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1971).
Global Bioethics: Converting Sustainable Development to Global
Survival. Van Rensselaer Potter, Ph.D., Lisa Potter, B.A. (1995).
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