What are the 4 major influencing factors on bioethical issues?
Social, economic, legal and political
What are social factors?
Factors that influence society as a whole, affecting the lifestyles of many individuals in a population.
What are economic factors?
Factors related to the economy and the market.
What are legal factors?
Factors directly related to the law, and what is deemed to be a legal or an illegal action rather than being right or wrong.
What are political factors?
Factors related to the actions of government.