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Bioethics NEWS - June 2004Date: 30 Jun 2004 Excerpt: BY ARTHUR CAPLAN. Arthur Caplan is chairman of the department of medical ethics and a professor of bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. ... Source: Newsday Promise vs. peril Date: 29 Jun 2004 Excerpt: Alfred Cioffi, a Miami-based priest with an advanced degree in bioethics, there is a simple reason why no medical breakthrough could justify research on stem ... Source: Miami Herald (subscription) Considering costs and coverage in treatment Date: 28 Jun 2004 Excerpt: ...-Lois Snyder, Director, Center for Ethics and Professionalism, American College of Physicians; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Center for Bioethics ... Source: American Medical News Get a consensus on cloning research Date: 28 Jun 2004 Excerpt: In Japan, a government-appointed committee on bioethics late last year published a noncommittal interim report stating the pros and cons. ... Source: The Japan Times SCIENCE DIGEST Date: 28 Jun 2004 Excerpt: A team led by Ezekiel Emanuel, chairman of clinical bioethics at the National Institutes of Health, scanned 35.2 million death certificates from 1980 to 1998. ... Source: San Francisco Chronicle Adult Stem Cell Research Successes Featured at Human Cloning ... Date: 26 Jun 2004 Excerpt: Focus on the Family Senior Policy Analyst for Bioethics Carrie Gordon Earll said Laura and Susan's stories are proof that adult stem cells are more effective. ... Source: LifeNews.com Pitt home to promising study on the brain-dead Date: 26 Jun 2004 Excerpt: ...that such research would not show sufficient respect for the remains of the deceased," said John Haas, president of the National Catholic Bioethics Center on ... Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review EDITORIAL/Cloning human embryos Date: 25 Jun 2004 Excerpt: The Bioethics Subcommittee of the government's Council for Science and Technology Policy has decided to open the door to allow the creation of cloned human ... Source: Asahi Shimbun VOX POPULI, VOX DEI/Einstein tells us the real purpose of science Date: 25 Jun 2004 Excerpt: A bioethics subcommittee of the Council of Science and Technology Policy under the Cabinet Office on Wednesday approved research for the production of cloned ... Source: Asahi Shimbun Families commission a `talk-fest', Act says Date: 25 Jun 2004 Excerpt: The other commissioners are bioethics specialist Sharron Cole, who is deputy commissioner, psychiatrist Prof Mason Durie, legal expert Sandra Alofivae, former ... Source: Otago Daily Times Date: 25 Jun 2004 Excerpt: 27 the White House dismissed Blackburn and another scientist from the President’s Committee on Bioethics, to which Bush had appointed her two years earlier. ... Source: Berkeley Daily Planet Honesty pays for mates, celebs Date: 25 Jun 2004 Excerpt: We have a moral obligation to be honest,� says Weinstein, a Ph.D. in philosophy and bioethics. “That obligation is not absolute. ... Source: Quad City Times Protection of privacy Date: 25 Jun 2004 Excerpt: It's also flawed, says Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, because it allows the Legislature to "supplant ... Source: Florida Today Beehive Bulletin - 25 June 2004 Date: 25 Jun 2004 Excerpt: Minister Helen Clark says the government, after consulting with United Future, appointed Dr Prasad and five other Commissioners: bioethics specialist Sharron ... Source: Scoop.co.nz (press release) Senate Confirms "Pro-Life" UN Ambassador, Human Cloning a Concern Date: 24 Jun 2004 Excerpt: ...are worried Danforth's position in favor of embryonic stem cell research means he won't be a strong proponent of the president's position on bioethics issues. ... Source: LifeNews.com Japan Approves Limited Human Cloning Date: 23 Jun 2004 Excerpt: The 21-member bioethics subcommittee decided to include the recommendation for human cell cloning for basic research when proper conditions are met, for ... Source: Discovery Channel Rules for organ donation are altered Date: 23 Jun 2004 Excerpt: ...is independent of the decision to allow that person to be an organ donor," said Jeff Kahn, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethics. ... Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) Stem Cell Research Date: 22 Jun 2004 Excerpt: To be fair to supporters of President Bush’s decision, Eric Cohen, who is a consultant to President Bush’s Council on Bioethics, stated in the June 8, 2004 ... Source: Korea Times Experts: Living wills often flawed Date: 21 Jun 2004 Excerpt: It's [the living will] a virtual failure," said Thomas Murray, president of The Hastings Center, a bioethics institute in Garrison, NY "The living will is ... Source: Newsday Education notes Date: 21 Jun 2004 Excerpt: Read the booklet at www.ed.gov/admins/comm/choice/charter/index.html. • Bioethics and international health expert Steven Miles will speak about the global ... Source: Pioneer Press (Subscription) SOCIAL STUDIES Date: 21 Jun 2004 Excerpt: Mapping the brain brings its own set of concerns, says Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. ... Source: The Globe and Mail More Americans Dying at Home Date: 21 Jun 2004 Excerpt: A team led by Ezekiel Emanuel, chairman of clinical bioethics at the National Institutes of Health, scanned 35.2 million death certificates from 1980 to 1998. ... Source: Washington Post Steve Calvin: Remember Reagan's stand on abortion Date: 21 Jun 2004 Excerpt: ...earliest stages. These are summarized in the unanimous recommendations of the President's Council on Bioethics released in April. These ... Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) Bioethicist added to McCune-Brooks staff Date: 19 Jun 2004 Excerpt: ...community. He aims for the bioethics policy to reflect the integrity of the institution and insure care and high ethical levels. ... Source: Carthage Press Scientists call for embryo research ban Date: 19 Jun 2004 Excerpt: The Scottish Council on Human Bioethics (SCHB) says the world-famous Roslin Institute in Midlothian - which created Dolly the Sheep - is among those that ... Source: Scotland on Sunday COVER STORY: Demystifying DNA magic Date: 19 Jun 2004 Excerpt: All of this has, of course, dredged up ethical, legal, social, moral, economic and political issues. "Malaysia needs a national bioethics council," he says. ... Source: New Straits Times Glaxo plans to post all drug trial results Date: 19 Jun 2004 Excerpt: Eric Meslin, director of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics, said any effort to make information about research and pharmaceuticals available is a ... Source: Indianapolis Star Mixing Morals With Education? Date: 18 Jun 2004 Excerpt: ...that Leon R. Kass, a professor on the University of Chicago's famed Committee on Social Thought and chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics, might not ... Source: New York Times Strange food for thought Date: 17 Jun 2004 Excerpt: ...neurosciences "is just as important as the genetic revolution, but no one is paying attention," says Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the ... Source: Christian Science Monitor Professor urges alternate view Date: 17 Jun 2004 Excerpt: ...miscasts athletes as hissable villains, oversimplifying an issue that requires more ethical consideration and less finger pointing, a bioethics professor says. ... Source: Contra Costa Times Honesty best, even when it hurts Date: 17 Jun 2004 Excerpt: We have a moral obligation to be honest," says Weinstein, a Ph.D. in philosophy and bioethics. "That obligation is not absolute. ... Source: Springfield News Leader Date: 17 Jun 2004 Excerpt: ...curing the disease. But the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics yesterday said it was 'very concerned' at the plan. Dr Calum MacKellar ... Source: Glasgow Daily Record NOMS Cirriculum Organizers Hear From Author & Dr Date: 17 Jun 2004 Excerpt: The chair of the Bioethics Department of Dalhousie University Dr. Nuala Kenny, spoke on the issues Wednesday at the ATAC centre. ... Source: Thunder Bay Post Former personal injury lawyer turns to stem-cell lobbying Date: 16 Jun 2004 Excerpt: ...moment the adult DNA is injected into the egg cell, according to Rev. Alfred Cioffi, a Miami-based priest with a Ph.D. in bioethics. Source: Bradenton Herald Church Reiterates Stance on Morning-After Pill Date: 15 Jun 2004 Excerpt: ...after" pill represents an attack on human life and violates principles of the Chilean Constitution, say members of the bishops' National Bioethics Commission. ... Source: Zenit News Agency Wisconsin Technology Network Presents Symposium on Saving Lives ... Date: 15 Jun 2004 Excerpt: ...and Robyn Shapiro, Partner & Director of Health Care Practice Group, Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, Ursula Von der Ruhr Professor of Bioethics of the Medical ... Source: TMCnet Send in the Clones, Raëlians Have Landed Date: 15 Jun 2004 Excerpt: Anita Kleinschmidt, a bioethics lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand, says the UN is grappling with whether to ban all human cloning, or leave the ... Source: AllAfrica.com College combines disciplines for new bioethics major Date: 14 Jun 2004 Excerpt: When the next academic year begins at William Jewell College, those and other touchy topics are likely to be included in the school's new bioethics program. ... Source: Lawrence Journal World Bush's policies hinder scientific work, critics say Date: 14 Jun 2004 Excerpt: The White House in February abruptly dismissed from the President's Council on Bioethics, which advises on stem-cell research, two people who disagree with ... Source: San Diego Union Tribune Good TIPS can change your life, teens say Date: 14 Jun 2004 Excerpt: Now a bioethics grad student at the University of Washington, she'll enter med school in the fall knowing more than she ever would have before TIPS about the ... Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer Reagan's Last Political Gift Date: 12 Jun 2004 Excerpt: In February, for instance, the White House fired two members of the Council on Bioethics because they weren't sufficiently doctrinaire on stem cells. ... Source: Newsweek Hospital procedures made clear at woman's expense Date: 12 Jun 2004 Excerpt: |
