Van Rensselaer Potter

Van Rensselaer Potter II (12 November, 1911 – September 6, 2001) was an American biochemist, oncologist, and bioethicist. Born in northeast South Dakota, Potter was professor of oncology at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for more than five decades.

Potter is known for coining the widely used term ''bioethics'' in 1970, however, German theologian Fritz Jahr had previously coined the term in the 1920s. Peter Whitehouse describes Potter's formulation of bioethics as a "wise integration of biology and values", which arose from his work as a cancer researcher and from the influence of faculty member Aldo Leopold at the University of Wisconsin.

Bioethics is linked to environmental ethics and is separate from biomedical ethics. Because of this confusion (and appropriation of the term in medicine), Potter chose to use the term ''global bioethics'' in 1988. He was an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, The president of the American Society of Cell Biology in 1965, and the president of the American Association for Cancer Research in 1974. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Potter, Van Rensselaer, 1911-
Englewood Cliffs, N. J., Prentice-Hall 1971

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Springfield, Ill. : Thomas, 1950

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by Potter, Van Rensselaer, 1911-
New York : Biological Laboratory, 1961

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by Potter, Van Rensselaer, 1911-
Springfield, Ill., C. C. Thomas 1950

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by Potter, Van Rensselaer, 1911-
Minneapolis : Burgess Pub. Co., 1960

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by Potter, Van Rensselaer, 1911-
East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, 1988

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by Potter, Van Rensselaer, 1911-
Springfield, Ill., C. C. Thomas 1950

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by Potter, Van Rensselaer, 1911-
East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, 1988

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by Potter, Van Rensselaer, 1911-
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by Cely Galindo, Gilberto
Bogotá, D.C. : Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2009
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by Umbreit, W. W. (Wayne William), 1913-
Minneapolis : Burgess Pub. Co., 1964
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