Background Material

Aging

• The Promise and the Challenge of Aging Research (Dec. 2002)
• Age-Retardation: Scientific Possibilities and Moral Challenges (March 2003 )
• After the Life Cycle: The Moral Challenges of Later Life — Thomas Cole (June 2004)
• When Persons with Dementia Get Sick: The Care-Giver's Dilemma (Sept. 2004)
• Challenges Posed by the Changing Age Structure and Dependency Ratio in the United States — Mary Ann Glendon (Sept. 2004)
• Caregiving and the American Individual — Peter A. Lawler (Sept. 2004)
• Treatment Decisions for Dementia Patients: The Search for Normative Boundaries — Rebecca Dresser (Dec. 2004)
  
  

Beyond Therapy (Enhancement)

• Human Flourishing, Performance Enhancement, and Ritalin (Dec. 2002)
• Human Genetic Enhancement (Dec. 2002)
• What's Wrong with Enhancement — Michael J. Sandel (Dec. 2002)
• Distinguishing Therapy and Enhancement (April 2002)
• Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Human Improvement — Leon Kass (Jan. 2003)
• “Better” Memories? The Promise and Perils of Pharmacological Interventions (March 2003)
• Stronger, Long-Lasting Skeletal Muscles through Biotech? (March 2003)
• Exchange of Letters on Medicalization Between Leon R. Kass, M.D.
  and Paul McHugh, M.D. (June 2003)

Biotechnology and Public Policy

• On the British Regulatory System (Oct. 2002)
• Regulating the New Biotechnologies: Observations and Procedural Options for the Council (Oct. 2002)
• U.S. Public Policy and the Biotechnologies That Touch the Beginnings of Human Life: A Detailed Overview (June 2003)
• U.S. Public Policy and the Biotechnologies That Touch the Beginnings of Human Life: Findings (July 2003)
• Biotechnology and Public Policy: Biotechnologies Touching the Beginnings of Human Life Defending the Dignity of Human Procreation (Oct. 2003)
• Biotechnology and Public Policy: Biotechnologies Touching on the Beginnings of Human Life — Draft Recommendations Revised (Jan. 2004)

Bioethics in Literature

• Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Story: "The Birth-Mark" (Jan. 2002)
• "Whither Thou Goest" from The Doctor Stories by Richard Selzer (July 2002)

Cloning

• Biotechnology, Procreation, and the Meaning of Human Cloning (Jan. 2002)
• Scientific Aspects of Human and Animal Cloning (Jan. 2002)
• Arguments for "Reproductive Cloning" (Jan. 2002)
• Arguments against "Reproductive Cloning" (Jan. 2002)
• Human Cloning: Policy Considerations (Jan. 2002)
• On Terminology (Feb. 2002)
• The Ethics of "Reproductive" Cloning: Child, Family, and Society (Feb. 2002)

Death

• The Definition of Death and the Ethics of Organ Procurement from the Deceased (Sept. 2006)

Genetics

• Genetic Information: Its Significance for Patients, Families, Health Professionals, Ethics, and Policy Development — Nancy Wexler (Sept. 2006)

Health Care

• The Council’s Inquiry into Health Care: Progress to Date, Key Questions, and Possible Future Directions (Nov. 2007)
• Health and Medical Care Reform in the United States: Ethical Questions and Concerns (June 2008)
• Medical Care and the Common Good (Sept. 2008)

Human Dignity

• Bioethics and Human Dignity (Dec. 2005)

Memory Boosting/Suppression

• Remembering and Forgetting (Oct. 2002)

Mood Control

• On Depression and Antidepressants — Sept. 2002)

Nanotechnology

• Understanding the Ethical Implications of Nanotechnology: Highlights of a Limited Inquiry By the President's Council on Bioethics (Jan. 2008)

Neuroethics

• An Overview of the Impact of Neuroscience Evidence
  in Criminal Law (Sept. 2004)

Newborn Screening

• Ethical Questions About the Current U.S. Newborn Screening System (June 2006)
• A Brief History of Newborn Screening in the United States (March 2008)
• The Future of Newborn Screening: Clouds on the Horizon (March 2008)
• Ethical Issues in the Current Expansion of Newborn Screening (June 2008)

Organ Transplantation

• Organ Transplantation: Ethical Dilemmas and Policy Choices (Jan. 2003)
• Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration: Lessons From Recipients of Solid Organ Transplantation — Silviu Itescu, MD (June 2003)
• The Human and Economic Dimensions of Altruism — Epstein (April 2006)
• Organ Transplantation: Defining the Ethical and Policy Issues" (June 2006)
• Organ Procurement: What are the Questions? — Gilbert Meilaender (June 2006)
• Organ Transplantation Policies and Policy Reforms (Sept. 2006)
• The Ethics of Organ Allocation (Sept. 2006)
• Living Donors: Process, Outcomes, and Ethical Questions (Sept. 2006)
• The Ethics of Organ Allocation: Policy Questions Concerning Geography, Age, and Net Benefit (Feb. 2007)
• Increasing the Supply of Human Organs: Three Policy Proposals (Feb. 2007)
• Caring for Living Donors and Transplant Recipients:
  Five Policy Proposals (Feb. 2007)
• On the Body and Transplantation: Philosophical and Legal Context (Feb. 2007)
• On the Body and Transplantion: Appendix: "Organs" and "Tissue" in the Therapeutic Transplantation Context (Feb. 2007)
• Organ Transplantation: Potential Policy Recommendations (Nov. 2006)

Professions

• The Council's Inquiry into the Healing Professions: Progress to Date, Key Questions, and Possible Future Directions (Nov. 2007)
• Beyond Medical Rescue (March 2009)

Property in the Body

• The Council's Inquiry into the Healing Professions: Progress to Date, Key Questions, and Possible Future Directions (Nov. 2007)

Public Bioethics

• In Search of Wisdom: Bioethics and the Character of Human Life — Gilbert Meilaender (Jan. 2002)
• Reflections on Public Bioethics: A View from the Trenches — Leon Kass (Sept. 2005)