In recent decades there has been increasing interest in the use of empirical methods in bioethics, and the relationship between empirical and normative inquiry in bioethics. Empirical bioethics has different manifestations, in part because of diversity in the disciplinary background of its practitioners, although empirical bioethics tends to take its fieldwork methods from the social sciences, broadly conceived. The field is now well developed enough to have its own methodological literature  and is large enough to support systematic reviews. However, methods for empirical bioethics remain diverse and many methodological issues remain unresolved. The aim of this stream is to foster discussion and critique of these issues, build capacity in empirical bioethics in the region, and provide support for practitioners from diverse disciplines who draw on and apply empirical methods to bioethical inquiry.

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