This list defines some key terms used in Leading Through Laudato Si'. These are not meant to be universal definitions, but instead provide a sense of the frameworks used to develop and write the plan.

Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Feb., 2001), pp. 40-43 (4 pages) The distinction between clinical practice and surgical research may seem trivial, but this distinction can become a complex ...

Scientists are working to develop an operational definition of "epigenetics" -- a rapidly growing research field that investigates heritable alterations in gene expression caused by mechanisms other ...