This book critically analyses experiences with bioethics education in
various countries across the world and identifies common challenges and
interests. It presents ethics teaching experiences in nine different
countries and the basic question of the goals of bioethics education. It
addresses bioethics education in resource-poor countries, as the
conditions and facilities are widely different and set limits and
provide challenges to bioethics educators. Further, the question of how
bioethics education can be improved is explored by the contributors.
Despite the volume of journal publications agreement on bioethics
education is rather limited. There are only few examples of core
curricula, demonstrating consensus on the contents, goals, methods and
assessment of teaching programs. We need ask: How can agreement on the
best modalities of bioethics education be promoted?.