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Perspect. Biol. Med. · Jan 2009
Historical ArticleRevisiting the beginning of bioethics: the contribution of Fritz Jahr (1927).
- José Roberto Goldim.
- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Bioética e Etica na Ciência, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil. jrgoldim@gmail.com
- Perspect. Biol. Med. 2009 Jan 1;52(3):377-80.
AbstractVan Rensselaer Potter is usually credited with coining the term bioethics and with founding this field. However, the rediscovery of the article "Bioethics: A Panorama of the Human Being's Ethical Relations with Animals and Plants," published in 1927 by Fritz Jahr in the German magazine Kosmos, necessitates a revision of this history of the foundation of bioethics. While Potter made significant contributions to this field, the importance of Jahr to the founding of bioethics should be recognized.
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