May 7, 2004

Beware the Celebrity Bioethicist

By LEIGH TURNER

My colleagues in bioethics like to depict themselves as critical thinkers capable of skeptically examining the claims of physicians, scientists, and executives of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Over the last 30 years we have made ourselves responsible for assessing the potential ethical, legal, and social implications of such new developments as stem-cell research, cloning, and xenotransplantation. Bioethicists today are quoted in major newspapers and newsmagazines, regularly

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