Editorial Comment
Abstract
Bioethics is a multidisciplinary discipline that has borrowed from all disciplines beyond those that are traditionally considered when we discuss the conduct of research on humans and animal. One of the disciplines that has contributed a lot to bioethics is law. Hall and King stated that American Bioethics owes much of its existence and derives much of its content from Law1. A lot of the discussions in bioethics are tailored towards the legal duties of medical practitioners within the limits of the law. In low and middle-income countries, there is little bioethical discourse on medical omission and negligence – a major source of legal and bioethical discourse in developed countries. To fill in this gap, demonstrate the multidisciplinary nature of bioethics and how the law is essential for Bioethics, one of the articles in the current edition of BeOnline® Journal discusses how medical practitioners in Nigeria need to be aware of their culpability in acts of commission and liability as a result of negligence2.
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