Centre for Public Policy, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building WBW, Waterloo Road, London SE1 9NN, UK.
J Med Ethics. 2010 Apr;36(4):207-10. doi: 10.1136/jme.2009.029785.
Translational research is now a critically important current in academic medicine. Researchers in all health-related fields are being encouraged not only to demonstrate the potential benefits of their research but also to help identify the steps through which their research might be 'made practical'. This paper considers the prospects of a corresponding movement of 'translational ethics'. Some of the advantages and disadvantages of focusing upon the translation of ethical scholarship are reviewed. While emphasising the difficulties of crossing the gap between scholarship and practice, the paper concludes that a debate about the business of translation would be useful for medical ethics.
转化医学研究目前是学术医学中至关重要的潮流。不仅鼓励所有与健康相关领域的研究人员展示其研究的潜在益处，还鼓励他们帮助确定其研究可能“付诸实践”的步骤。本文考虑了相应的“转化伦理学”运动的前景。本文回顾了关注伦理学术翻译的一些优缺点。本文虽然强调了跨越学术与实践之间差距的困难，但得出的结论是，关于翻译业务的辩论将对医学伦理学有益。
