With its initial publication in 1978, the Encyclopedia Of
Bioethics became the first reference to focus solely on a then
burgeoning field, in effect helping to define the discipline.
Both the first and second (1995) editions won the Dartmouth
Medal, and the set remains the standard reference on bioethics
for teachers, students, and those in related fields of health
care, philosophy, environmentalism, law, and religious studies.
The fourth edition offers hundreds of revisions or addenda to
entries from previous editions as well as over 100 new or
rewritten entries on topics such as key cases in bioethics, the
human biome, genetically modified foods, emergency preparedness
and response, social justice, sustainability, chemical warfare
and torture, among many others. Revised articles will explain
the events as well as legislation changes of the past decade.
The work is also being expanded to include views of nations and
cultures other than the United States on such issues as
abortion, medical triage, social resp