title: Bioethics and the rituals of media.
abstract: Popular media may make short shrift of complex ideas and moral deliberations, but it can also serve bioethics well. Bioethics should embrace the ritual function of the media in bringing issues to public attention and in reinforcing bioethics as a field.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simonson
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media; D028701:Patient Rights; D014481:United States