Monthly Archives: September, 2014
Neuroscience and Ethics: Integration Not Intervention
We’re pleased to take part in today’s White House BRAIN Conference. Check out our infographic that highlights our recommendations from Gray Matters: Integrative Approaches for Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society, the first of two reports on neuroscience and related ethical issues.
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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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Just Published Hastings Center Report Highlights “Teaching Bioethics”
(This post also appears on Bioethics Forum.) The topic “teaching bioethics” is highlighted and explored in the newly published issue of the Hastings Center Report, which contains a set of essays developed collaboratively by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues and The Hastings Center. The set’s introductory essay acknowledges that basic bioethics […]
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What is Democratic Deliberation? A Q&A with Bioethics Commission Chair Amy Gutmann
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D., Chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission), has written eloquently about the idea of democratic deliberation. We asked her to explain this principle and discuss how it has influenced the work of the Bioethics Commission. Blog.Bioethics.gov (B.B.G): What is democratic deliberation? Amy Gutmann (A.G.): The best […]
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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 […]
