title: [Media, cloning, and bioethics].
abstract: This article was based on an analysis of three hundred articles from mainstream Brazilian periodicals over a period of eighteen months, beginning with the announcement of the Dolly case in February 1997. There were two main objectives: to outline the moral constants in the press associated with the possibility of cloning human beings and to identify some of the moral assumptions concerning scientific research with non-human animals that were published carelessly by the media. The authors conclude that there was a haphazard spread of fear concerning the cloning of human beings rather than an ethical debate on the issue, and that there is a serious gap between bioethical reflections and the Brazilian media.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, PI 64049-550, Brasil.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Diniz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001675:Bioethics; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media; D009524:Newspapers as Topic; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011639:Public Opinion