Fritz Jahr (1895-1953): a life story of the "inventor" of bioethics and a tentative reconstruction of the chronology of the discovery of his work

Until a few years ago, the American biochemist Van Rensselaer Potter (1911-2001) was generally acknowledged as the fi rst person to have used the term "bioethics". In 1997, however, Rolf Löther mentioned the name of Fritz Jahr, whom Löther credited for having coined the word Bio-Ethi...

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Main Authors: Amir Muzur, Iva RinÄić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Rijeka, School of Medicine 2011-10-01
Series:European Journal of Bioethics
Online Access:https://jahr-bioethics-journal.com/index.php/JAHR/article/view/165