Op-Ed: Whose ethics?

October 12, 2006

Top bioethicists are debating PVS. Bioethics is a branch of philosophy responsible for studying the knotty issues of what is right and what is wrong in the field of medicine. Many times these are life-and-death issues like when to “pull the plug,” when to administer a new treatment that carries a high risk or the removal and transplanting of vital organs. (Lahontan Valley News and Fallon Eagle Standard)