Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics explain the importance of proactively examining the ethical challenges that arise in biomedical research, clinical practice and public health — using the tools of the social sciences to produce empirical findings.
Renowned bioethicist Ruth Faden, director of the Berman Institute, describes a new era in the field of bioethics, which is now addressing profound questions related to genomics, effectiveness of care, doctor-patient trust and the rise in clinical trials being conducted on vulnerable populations in developing nations.