The use of empirical research in bioethics: a survey of researchers in twelve European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of empirical research methods in bioethics has been increasing in the last decades. It has resulted in discussions about the 'empirical turn of bioethics' and raised questions related to the value of empirical work for this field, methodological questions about its quality and rigor, and how this integration of the normative and the empirical can be achieved. The aim of this paper is to describe the attitudes of bioethics researchers in this field towards the use of empirical research, and examine their actual conduct: whether they use empirical research methods (and if so, what methods), and whether (and how) they have made attempts at integrating the empirical and the normative.

Methods

An anonymous online survey was conducted to reach scholars working i

SUBMITTER: Wangmo T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5741864 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature