Between the bench, the bedside and the office: The need to build bridges between working neuroscientists and ethicists

Brosnan, C; Cribb, A

Between the bench, the bedside and the office: The need to build bridges between working neuroscientists and ethicists

Brosnan, C

Cribb, A

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Citation:: Clinical Ethics, 2014, 9 (4), pp. 113 - 119
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Brosnan, C https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2104-4937	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cribb, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Clinical Ethics, 2014, 9 (4), pp. 113 - 119	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1477-7509	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/117813
dc.description.abstract	© 2014 The Author(s). This paper presents findings from an empirical study that explored the meaning of ethics in the everyday work of neuroscientists. Observation and interviews were carried out in one neuroscience research group that was involved in bench-to-bedside translational research. We focus here specifically on the scientists’ perceptions of bioethics. Interviewees were often unfamiliar with bioethics as a discipline, particularly the more junior members of the group. Those who were aware of its existence largely viewed it as something distant from them, and as either too abstract, not relevant or an alien imposition on their work. Some interviewees themselves pointed to the need for better ‘bridge building’ between ethical principles and real-world examples drawn from scientific practice, and we argue that this space is where a more empirically grounded ethics may be useful in terms of actually engaging scientists at both the bench and the bedside.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Clinical Ethics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1477750914558549	en_US
dc.title	Between the bench, the bedside and the office: The need to build bridges between working neuroscientists and ethicists	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	9	en_US
utslib.for	220101 Bioethics (human and animal)	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
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Abstract:

© 2014 The Author(s). This paper presents findings from an empirical study that explored the meaning of ethics in the everyday work of neuroscientists. Observation and interviews were carried out in one neuroscience research group that was involved in bench-to-bedside translational research. We focus here specifically on the scientists’ perceptions of bioethics. Interviewees were often unfamiliar with bioethics as a discipline, particularly the more junior members of the group. Those who were aware of its existence largely viewed it as something distant from them, and as either too abstract, not relevant or an alien imposition on their work. Some interviewees themselves pointed to the need for better ‘bridge building’ between ethical principles and real-world examples drawn from scientific practice, and we argue that this space is where a more empirically grounded ethics may be useful in terms of actually engaging scientists at both the bench and the bedside.

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