Table 1 Search terms and strings
From: The ethical desirability of moral bioenhancement: a review of reasons
Database | Search string |
|---|---|
Embase | (morality/de AND ('genetic enhancement'/de OR 'medical technology'/de OR 'neurosurgery'/de)) OR (((moral* OR virtue* OR virtuous OR biomedical* OR bio-medical) NEAR/6 (enhanc* OR bioenhanc* OR manipulat*))):ab,ti |
Medline OvidSP | ((morals/ OR Moral Development/ OR Virtues/) AND ("Genetic Engineering"/OR exp "Biomedical Enhancement"/OR "neurosurgery"/)) OR (((moral* OR virtue* OR virtuous OR biomedical* OR bio-medical) ADJ6 (enhanc* OR bioenhanc* OR manipulat*))).ab,ti. |
Web-of-science | TS = (((moral* OR virtue* OR virtuous OR biomedical* OR bio-medical) NEAR/6 (enhanc* OR bioenhanc* OR manipulat*))) |
PsycINFO OvidSP | ((morality/OR Moral Development/OR Virtue/) AND ("Genetic Engineering"/OR "neurosurgery"/)) OR (((moral* OR virtue* OR virtuous OR biomedical* OR bio-medical) ADJ6 (enhanc* OR bioenhanc* OR manipulat*))).ab,ti. |
PubMed publisher | (Moral enhanc*[tiab] OR Moral bioenhanc*[tiab]) NOT medline[sb] |
Scopus | TITLE-ABS-KEY(((moral* OR biomedical* OR bio-medical) W/3 (enhanc* OR bioenhanc*)) AND (ethic* OR bioethic*)) |
Google scholar | "moral (enhancement|bioenhancement|enhancing)"|"moral bio enhancement" |
Scirus – preferred web/ProQuest | "Moral enhancement" OR "Moral bioenhancement" |