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Enhancing the African bioethics initiative

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Title
Enhancing the African bioethics initiative
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BMC Medical Education, October 2004
DOI 10.1186/1472-6920-4-21
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Temidayo O Ogundiran

Abstract

Medical ethics has existed since the time of Hippocrates. However, formal training in bioethics did not become established until a few decades ago. Bioethics has gained a strong foothold in health sciences in the developed world, especially in Europe and North America. The situation is quite different in many developing countries. In most African countries, bioethics - as established and practiced today in the west- is either non-existent or is rudimentary.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 28 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Professor > Associate Professor 4 14%
Lecturer 4 14%
Student > Master 4 14%
Student > Postgraduate 3 11%
Researcher 3 11%
Other 6 21%
Unknown 4 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 11 39%
Social Sciences 3 11%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 7%
Philosophy 1 4%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 7 25%
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