2018) 'Global bioethics : a story of dreams and doubts from Bengal, India.', Perspectives in biology and medicine., 61 (2). pp. 215-229. The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in

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... any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Abstract Global Bioethics: A story of dreams and doubts from Bengal, India. This article is concerned with the practice of bioethics outside of the Euro-American and Anglophone settings in which it was first formulated. In theoretical terms the article considers the frictions that arise when global scale projects such as bioethics [evident in declarations, protocols, training, journals etc] are introduced into diverse social and cultural settings. Methodologically, the piece is constructed around the biography of an Indian medical educator trained in bioethics and working to promote the sub-discipline in the Indian context. The piece describes the situated practice of bioethics and highlights the incommensurability of some of its key terms and concepts when practiced outside of the global north.