PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - G Boniolo AU - P P Di Fiore TI - Deliberative ethics in a biomedical institution: an example of integration between science and ethics AID - 10.1136/jme.2009.031674 DP - 2010 Jul 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 409--414 VI - 36 IP - 7 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/36/7/409.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/36/7/409.full SO - J Med Ethics2010 Jul 01; 36 AB - The deliberative ethics guidelines elaborated and implemented by members of the IFOM-IEO Campus (Firc Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) and the European Institute of Oncology (IEO)). These should serve the dual purpose of establishing a minimal set of standard rules for bioethical debate and any ensuing decision-making process, especially for the perspective of providing real instruments to foster public engagement and public awareness on the ethical issues involved in biomedical research. It is shown that these guidelines instantiate the scheme of one of the correct ways of debating formalised by the western thought.