Posts tagged: human subjects protection
Looking Back at the Bioethics Commission’s Blog
Throughout its tenure, the Bioethics Commission has maintained an active digital presence to connect with a global audience. A major component of this has been through its blog. This final blog post reflects on the role the blog has played in disseminating the Bioethics Commission’s work.
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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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New Educational Module from the Bioethics Commission on Informed Consent in Neuroscience Now Available
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has posted to Bioethics.gov a new educational module on informed consent. The module 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, and Society […]
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Engaging Parents and Children Throughout Pediatric Research: A New Report from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Today the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (Nuffield Council), an independent bioethics advisory body in the United Kingdom, released Children and Clinical Research: Ethical Issues. The report marks the culmination of a two-year inquiry, during which the Nuffield Council received input from over 500 stakeholders – including the U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical […]
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Bioethics Commission recommends establishing clear requirements for identifying legally authorized representatives for research participation
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). In Gray Matters, Vol. 2, the Bioethics Commission recognized the challenging tension between the […]
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Bioethics Commission Recommends Further Research on Consent Capacity and Ethical Protections for Participants
In Gray Matters: Topics at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) provided ethical analysis of three topics, including consent capacity and neuroscience research. More than one billion people globally, including millions of people in the United States, are affected by neurological disorders.[1] Neuroscience […]
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New Education Materials on Compensation for Research-Related Injury
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has posted to Bioethics.gov a new series of educational modules on compensation for research-related injury. The materials on compensation increase the breadth of topics the Bioethics Commission’s educational resources cover; previous topics include community engagement, informed consent, and vulnerable populations. The new series includes […]
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New Educational Modules on Vulnerable Populations
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has posted a new series of educational modules on vulnerable populations on its website, Bioethics.gov. These include a background module on vulnerable populations, as well as report-specific modules on vulnerable populations in two Bioethics Commission Reports: Safeguarding Children: Pediatric Medical Countermeasure Research and “Ethically […]
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New Educational Module on Informed Consent in Safeguarding Children
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has just posted to Bioethics.gov a new educational module on informed consent in the context of pediatric medical countermeasure research. The module integrates material from the Bioethics Commission’s March 2013 report Safeguarding Children: Pediatric Medical Countermeasure Research. The aim of this module is to […]
