The Rueckert-Hartman School for Health Professions, Regis University, Denver, CO, Announces the Formation of the Center for Health Care Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Under the direction of Dr. Pat Ladewig, Dean, Rueckert-Hartman School for Health Professions, Regis University established the Center for Health Care Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Dr. Mark Meaney, Executive Director, stated that the goals of the Center include the examination of the ethical and social implications of emerging biotechnologies such as nanobiotechnologies, pharmacogenomics, and stem cell research.
Denver, CO (PRWEB) May 22, 2005 -- Dr. Mark E. Meaney, Executive Director,
announced the formation of the Center for Health Care Ethics and Emerging
Technologies on the Regis University campus in Denver. The purpose of the Center
will be to promote international guidelines for the development of
biotechnology, for example, nanobiotechnologies and stem cell research.
Dr. Meaney emphasized the need to establish standards since
controversies continue to erupt due to a lack of international guidelines for
biotechnology.
He cited the recent controversy generated by advances in
stem cell research in South Korea. Dr. Meaney stated that, "Some see the ethics
of cloning a human embryo as culturally relative; others see it as a matter that
speaks directly to the human condition in general, which should not be left to
cultural preferences."
This dispute is all the more urgent, said Dr.
Meaney, because, for example, what happens in South Korea is of global import.
While health care professionals and national governments ought to have
input, the origin of guidelines for emerging biotechnologies ought to be
international and universal.
The Center for Health Care Ethics and
Emerging Technologies will examine ways in which to transcend cultural
relativism and establish global ethical standards.
Dr. Meaney anticipates
that the challenge will be carefully to distinguish between cultural differences
that warrant tolerance and violations of universal ethical standards that
require international action in protecting victims of unethical behavior.
"The work of the Center for Health Care Ethics and Emerging Technologies
on the Regis University campus will encourage research and dialogue to bridge
differences in establishing international guidelines for the development of
technologies that will benefit all," Dr. Meaney stated.
Contact:
Mark
E. Meaney, Ph.D.
303.964.5110
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/5/prweb243035.htm