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Speaking Volumes: The Encyclopedia of Bioethics and Racism.

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Galarneau, C; Smith, PT
Published in: The Hastings Center report
March 2022

This essay takes as its starting point the claim that addressing anti-Black racism is essential to the work of bioethics in the United States. The essay examines whether and how racism has been addressed in the field's central reference work, the Encyclopedia of Bioethics, throughout its four editions-in 1978, 1995, 2004, and 2014. With consideration of each edition's stated purpose and editorial framing, we find that the subject of racism is obscured by the Encyclopedia's inattention to African American approaches to bioethics, to racism as a bioethics issue, and specifically, to racism as a matter of justice. This essay suggests questions for guiding reflection necessary for giving racism its due in the field of bioethics.

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The Hastings Center report

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1552-146X

ISSN

0093-0334

Publication Date

March 2022

Volume

52 Suppl 1

Start / End Page

S50 / S56

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Justice
  • Racism
  • Humans
  • Black or African American
  • Bioethics
  • Applied Ethics
  • 5001 Applied ethics
  • 2203 Philosophy
  • 2201 Applied Ethics
 

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Galarneau, C., & Smith, P. T. (2022). Speaking Volumes: The Encyclopedia of Bioethics and Racism. The Hastings Center Report, 52 Suppl 1, S50–S56. https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.1371
Galarneau, Charlene, and Patrick T. Smith. “Speaking Volumes: The Encyclopedia of Bioethics and Racism.The Hastings Center Report 52 Suppl 1 (March 2022): S50–56. https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.1371.
Galarneau C, Smith PT. Speaking Volumes: The Encyclopedia of Bioethics and Racism. The Hastings Center report. 2022 Mar;52 Suppl 1:S50–6.
Galarneau, Charlene, and Patrick T. Smith. “Speaking Volumes: The Encyclopedia of Bioethics and Racism.The Hastings Center Report, vol. 52 Suppl 1, Mar. 2022, pp. S50–56. Epmc, doi:10.1002/hast.1371.
Galarneau C, Smith PT. Speaking Volumes: The Encyclopedia of Bioethics and Racism. The Hastings Center report. 2022 Mar;52 Suppl 1:S50–S56.
Journal cover image

Published In

The Hastings Center report

DOI

EISSN

1552-146X

ISSN

0093-0334

Publication Date

March 2022

Volume

52 Suppl 1

Start / End Page

S50 / S56

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Justice
  • Racism
  • Humans
  • Black or African American
  • Bioethics
  • Applied Ethics
  • 5001 Applied ethics
  • 2203 Philosophy
  • 2201 Applied Ethics