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Bioethics.  Medical ethics.  Medical products ethics.

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DNA sequencing, vector construction, molecular biology, stem cell research, splitting livers for human transplantation, living wills --- all terms almost unknown just a dozen or so years ago.  The increase in biotechnology has caused medical and biological researcher to wonder about ethics and the perceived (although not actual) increase in lawsuits against doctors has caused doctors to think more deliberately about medical ethics.  In response, the growth of the ethics materials available to doctors through the American Medical Association is typified by the AMA medical ethics internet web pages.

Sometimes a medical group will feel the need for a  helping ethics counselor is needed for a specific problem that is causing concern, involving identified individuals and there relations to the  medical institution. In medical ethics consultations involving patient care, Bucklin has a Clinical Pragmatism Method format that is effective in solving clinical ethics questions.   

Because of his heavy involvement in both medical corporate advisory work, and also medical organ transplant ethics, Bucklin has been a member of hospital advisory, bioethics, and health care ethics committees during his career. See dozens of years with United Network for Organ Sharing.

His career as a lawyer handling medical malpractice and products liability cases has made him sensitive to the issues of legal liability involved with the health care industry.  The combination of medical background and legal experience is valuable in medical and biotech ethics.