Centre for Bioethics and Nanoethics
News
- NEW PhD fellow at CBN: Anna Julie Rasmussen (06.05.2011)
- New continueing education course: 'To clone a mammoth - introduction to bioethics' (in Danish)
- CBN Journal Club (11.04.2011)
- Postdoc-project. The importance of the bioethical principles of Beauchamp and Childress (29.03.2011)
- Textbook in bioethics (18.03.2011)
- Article: Harfeld, Jes - ”Philosophical Ethology: On the extents of what it is to be a pig”, Society and Animals (01.01.2011)
- EPOCH. Large, new EU project (07.12.2010)
CBN LAB
CBN Lab Essay. Genetic advising without advising?
By Kees van Kooten Niekerk
The Danish Ethical Council report, The Future of Prenatal Diagnosis, from 2009 contains a chapter with the title, ‘Councelling and self-determination’. The chapter is based upon the report ’Memorandum concerning new guidelines for prenatal diagnosis’ (2003), which was published by a group under the Danish National Board of Health. According to the council’s report, the NBH report stresses the importance of the self-determination of the woman with regard to whether she will make use of the offer of prenatal diagnosis or not... Read more
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Welcome to CBN
Centre for Bioethics and Nanoethics (CBN) is an inter-disciplinary research centre which engages with research and communication concerning bioethical problems and issues.
Bioethics is concerned with ethical questions that relate to the development within e.g. medical science, biology and bio-technology.
CBN conducts and participates in national as well as international research projects focusing on ethical areas of concern in relation to e.g.:
- Human enhancement through medical technology
- Animal welfare in modern agriculture
- Application of nano-technology
- Priorities in health care
- Genetic counselling
More information on current and previous research projects may be found on the pages for Research, Publications and Collaborations.
