Monthly Archives: July, 2015
Capacity, Consent, and Progress: Recommendations from the Bioethics Commission
(This post also appears on PRIM&R’s Amp&rsand blog) Earlier this year, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) released the second part of its report on neuroscience and ethics—Gray Matters: Topics at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society (Gray Matters, Vol. 2). The report examines in depth several controversial topics that bring […]
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Update: The Growing Need for a Systematic Approach to Compensation for Research-Related Injuries
(This post also appears on the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative) In December 2011, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) released its report Moral Science: Protecting Participants in Human Subjects Research. In it, the Commission responded to a charge from the President to determine if federal regulations and international […]
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Bioethics Deliberation and Education in New Directions
Two weeks ago, in the blog post “A Background on Deliberation and Education in Bioethics,” we discussed the role of deliberation and education in the recommendations issued by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission). These principles remain a common thread throughout the Bioethics Commission’s work. This second post of the […]
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New Educational Module from the Bioethics Commission on Vulnerable Populations in Neuroscience Research Now Available
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has posted a new educational module on its website, Bioethics.gov. The module on vulnerable populations accompanies the Bioethics Commission’s two-volume report Gray Matters: Integrative Approaches for Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society (Gray Matters, Vol. 1) and Gray Matters: Topics at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Ethics, […]
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A Background on Deliberation and Education in Bioethics
Last August, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) began formally discussing the role of deliberation and education in bioethics. As a part of this examination, the Bioethics Commission is exploring the idea of teaching deliberation as a tool to promote ethical literacy. From the start, the Bioethics Commission has adopted […]
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Bioethics Commission Recommends Multidisciplinary Efforts to Support Neuroscience and Ethics Research and Education
On March 26 the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) released the second volume of its two-volume report on neuroscience and ethics, Gray Matters: Topics at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society (Gray Matters, Vol. 2), which takes an in-depth look at three topics that have captured the public’s attention: […]
