Series 4: Bioethical Issue Files, 1969 - 1982
Scope and Contents
The series contains subject files on a variety of bioethical issues that were collected by LeRoy Walters in the 1970s. These includes clippings, typescripts, bibliographies, conference materials, notes by Walters, and correspondence. In addition to subject files, the Box 1 contains an early bibliography on bioethics compiled by Walters in 1971.
Subjects include Abortion, Alcohol, Aging, AMA, Behavior Control, Books on Medical Ethics, Captial Punishment by Injection, Cases, Children, Community Medicine, Confidentiality, Contraception, Death (Vastyan materials), Death and Dying, Drugs, Ecology, Experiementation/Research, General Biomedical Ethics, Genetics, Heart (Artifical and Transplanted), In Vitro Fertilization, Jewish Ethics, Kidney Dialysis and Transplants, Law and Medicine, Malpractice, Meaning of Life, Medical Codes and Oaths, Mental/Developmental Disability, Moral Development, Old Age, Philosophy and Medicine, Philosophy of Biology, Population, Psychiatry, Public Health, Public Relations, Science/Technology and Society, Selective Conciencious Objection, Sex Determination, Sexuality, Sexuality and the Developmentally Disabled, Sickle Cell Anemia, Sociology of Medicine, and Spina Bifida Lecture.
Dates
- 1969 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Records (Series 1) contain unpublished Georgetown University administrative records that may be consulted only with the permission of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.
All other series are open without restrictions.
Extent
From the Collection: 23.15 Cubic Feet (in 25 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Arrangement
The series is arranged alphabetically.
Creator
- From the Collection: Walters, LeRoy (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Bioethics Research Library Archives Repository