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Ethics in the Academic Literature
(Updated on April 21, 2006)

New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 354; No. 16

Private Health Care in Canada

The NIH Budget and the Future of Biomedical Research

The Medical Malpractice Myth;
How to Become a Dangerous Expert Witness: Advanced Techniques and Strategies [Book Reviews]


JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 295; No. 15

Will Physician-Level Measures of Clinical Performance Be Used in Medical Malpractice Litigation?

The Social Medicine Reader, 2nd ed [Book Review]


The Lancet Vol. 367; No. 9518

HIV prevention policy needs an urgent cure [Editorial]

Urgent changes needed for authorisation of phase I trials [Editorial]

When pharmacists refuse to dispense prescriptions

Beyond borders: public-health surveillance

Choosing Children: the Ethical Dilemmas of Genetic Intervention [Book Review]

he Republican War on Science [Book Review]


BMJ: British Medical Journal Vol. 332; No. 7546

Regulating the collection and use of fetal stem cells [Editorial]

Controversy: Can fetuses feel pain?

Massachusetts is to provide health care for 99% of population [News]

Inquiry into adverse events in trial blames drug, not study design [News]

Conference warns of epidemic of unsafe abortions in Africa [News]


Nature Vol. 440; No. 7087

Drugs tests on trial: Britain's clinical trial regulator has no good options [Editorial]

Ethics of using employees' eggs in cloning research [Letter]

Ethics: China already has clear stem-cell guidelines [Letter]


Science Vol. 312; No. 5771

Accident Prompts a Closer Look at Antibody Trials [News]


Perspectives in Biology and Medicine Vol. 49; No. 2

Placebo, Meaning, and Health

The Prescriber as Moralist: Values in the antidepressant debate

Beyond the Charter: Reflections on medical professionalism


Healthcare Ethics Committee Forum Vol. 18; No. 1

Confucian Filial Piety and Long Term Care for Aged Parents

The Complexities of Ethical Evaluation of Genomics Research

Practical Experiences in the Work of Institutional Ethics Committees in Croatia on the Example of the Ethics Committee at Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka (Croatia)

Ethics Committees in Croatia in the Healthcare Institutions: The First Study about their Structure and Functions, and some Reflections on the Major Issues and Problems

Stark Regulation: A Historical and Current Review of the Self-Referral Laws

The Role of Healthcare Ethics Committee Networks in Shaping Healthcare Policy and Practices


Epidemiology Vol. 17; No. 3

Toward Guidelines for the Ethical Reanalysis and Reinterpretation of Another's Research


Vaccine Vol. 24; No. advance publication

Ethical analysis of HPV vaccine policy options


The Oncologist Vol. 11; No. 4

The Promise of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Does Not Confer Immunity Against Ethical Reflection


Nature Biotechnology Vol. 24; No. 4


Can science resolve the ethical impasse in stem cell research?

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Stem Cell News from the Program in Cell Engineering, Ethics and Public Policy (PCEEPP)
(Updated on April 21, 2006)

National News & Commentary

Ethics Issues in Stem Cell Research. Science, 21 April 2006.

Cisco Chair Donates to Wisconsin Research.  The Chronicle of Higher Education, 21 April 2006.

Ethics of using employees' eggs in cloning research.  Nature, 20 April 2006.

Ethics Quandary Holds Up State Stem Cell Money.  The Hartford Courant, 19 April 2006.

Falling behind on stem-cell research.  The Boston Globe, 18 April 2006.

Proposition 71 Stem Cell Research Public Accountability.  California Chronicle, 18 April 2006.

Stem-cell politics:  House wrestles with controversy.  Tallahassee Democrat, 18 April 2006.

Push for stem cell funds stalling on Capitol Hill.  The Boston Globe, 16 April 2006.

Stem-cell rules criticized.  The Kansas City Star, 15 April 2006.

Judge won't block gov's stem cell program.  Chicago Sun-Times, 15 April 2006.

Regulating the collection and use of fetal stem cells.  BMJ, 15 April 2006.

Research News

Polycomb complexes repress developmental regulators in murine embryonic stem cells.  Nature, 20 April 2006

Clues to what guides ES cells.  The Scientist, 20 April 2006.

International News

Stem cell research Kirk backing. BBC News, 21 April 2006.

Ethics: China already has clear stem-cell guidelines.  Nature, 20 April 2006.

Adult stem cell implant first in orthopaedic patient.  Medical Procedure News, 19 April 2006.

Singapore's biotech pipeline show promise.  The Washington Post, 14 April 2006.

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Neuroethics News from the Program in Ethics and Brain Sciences (PEBS)
(Updated on April 21, 2006)

In Academic Journals:

Volunteering for early phase gene transfer research in Parkinson disease
Neurology. 2006;66(7):1010-1015.

Risks, benefits, and consent in the age of gene therapy [Editorial]
Neurology. 2006;66(7):964-965.

Chronic disorders of consciousness
The Lancet. 2006;367(9517):1181-1192.

Mild cognitive impairment
The Lancet. 2006;367(9518):1262-1270.

The Prescriber as Moralist: Values in the antidepressant debate
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 2006;49(2):199-208.

When the Brain Loses Its Self: Prefrontal Inactivation during Sensorimotor Processing
Neuron. 2006;50(2):329-339.

Motor subtype and cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease with dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006;77(5):585-589.

Compulsive drug use linked to sensitized ventral striatal dopamine transmission
Annals of Neurology. 2006;59(5):852-858.

Dopamine dysregulation syndrome in Parkinson's disease patients: From reward to penalty [Editorial]
Annals of Neurology. 2006;59(5):733-734.

Libertarian Accounts of Free Will [Book Review]
Mind. 2006;115(457):136-142.

The Mechanization of the Mind: On the Origins of Cognitive Science [Book Review]
Mind. 2006;115(457):145-148.

Consciousness in Action [Book Review]
Mind. 2006;115(457):156-159.

Brain and (bad) behaviour [Book Reviews]
Brain. 2006;129(5):1339-1342.

Cooperation, Punishment, and the Evolution of Human Institutions
Science. 2006;312(5770):60-61.


In the Popular Press:

Deep brain stimulation
Harvard Mental Health Letter. April 2006.

'When we turn the current on, the patients report the emptiness suddenly disappears'
The Guardian. 31 March 2006.

Study Finds a Link of Drug Makers to Psychiatrists
New York Times. 20 April 2006.

  

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