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United States. President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Barbara F. Mishkin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BRL-030
Abstract

The collection contains documents related to U.S. bioethics commissions and other federal agencies that belonged to Barbara F. Mishkin. This includes the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, the Ethics Advisory Board, the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research Records, and the Office of Technology Assessment.

Dates: 1973 - 1990

President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research Records

 Collection
Identifier: BRL-003
Abstract The collection documents 28 meetings of the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research held between 1980 and 1983. It includes briefing books, subject files, meeting minutes/transcripts, and other documents related to the Commission's work. This congressionally mandated group was formed in 1978, succeeding the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. It worked independently...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1978 - 1983; 1964 - 1983

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Animal experimentation -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects 1