Reidar Krummradt Lie (born 1954) is a Norwegian philosopher and professor of

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ...

. He is also adjunct professor at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences in Beijing, China, and adjunct researcher at the Department of Bioethics at the

National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late ...

in Bethesda Maryland, US. He was previously adjunct professor at the

Thammasat University Thammasat University (Abbreviation, Abrv: TU th, มธ.; th, มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, , ) is a public research university in Thailand with campuses in Tha Phra Chan area of Phra Nakhon District near the ...

in Bangkok, Thailand, and director of the Center for Medical Ethics at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

in Norway. Lie is known for his research on

bioethics Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, med ...

and

research ethics Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...

Edited books

* '' Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics'', Oxford University Press, 2008 * ''Evidence-based Practice in Medicine and Health Care: A Discussion of the Ethical Issues'', Springer, Berlin Verlag, 2005 * ''Healthy thoughts: European Perspectives on Health Care Ethics''. Peeters Verlag, Leuven, 2002 * ''Health Ethics in Six SEAR Countries''. WHO-SEARO, New Delhi, 1999 * ''Kompendium i medisinsk etikk og vitenskapsteori''. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 1982

References

External links

Official Website

Reider Lie at the University of Bergen

Reidar Lie

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