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

Item

Identifier: BRL-2000-0003

Dates

Existence: Commission established by Public Law 95-622 on November 9th, 1978 and officially ends on March 31, 1983

Extent

66 boxes (66 standard archive boxes (28.35 linear feet) containing draft and final reports, subject files, briefing books, correspondence, minutes and transcripts of the 28 meetings held between 1980 and 1983 ) : Materials are well preserved in archival boxes and folders

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: A Guide to the Archival Collection of The President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and in Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Status: completed
Author: Norton, Charles N.; Guidry-Grimes, Laura; Barry, Laura Ruth
Date: 2014-03-01

Revision Statements

2014-03-01: This updated and expanded guide to the collection of the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research of the Bioethics Research Library, Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics was prepared by Laura Ruth Barry, Laura Guidry-Grimes, and Charles N. Norton and published in March 2014.
1998-06-01: The original guide to the collection of materials of the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research of the Bioethics Research Library, Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics was prepared in June, 1998.