Medical ethics
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Edmund D. Pellegrino Papers
Collection
Identifier: BRL-007
Abstract
The collection contains the papers of Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, dating from 1943 to 2017. It primarily documents his contributions to the field of bioethics, particuarly as an educator and administrator at Georgetown University.
Dates:
1893 - 2017
Found in:
Bioethics Research Library Archives
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues Records
Collection
Identifier: BRL-016
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the records of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. These include meeting materials (agendas and briefing books), project reports and background research files, educational materials, and the Commission's website. The website includes a wide variety of content related to the Commission, including sections on their meetings (agendas, transcripts,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2010 - 2017; 1975-1977, 2000-2017
Found in:
Bioethics Research Library Archives
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:
Creation: Majority of material found within 1978 - 1983; 1964 - 1983
Found in:
Bioethics Research Library Archives
President’s Council on Bioethics Records
Collection
Identifier: BRL-015
Abstract
The collection contains the records of the President's Council on Bioethics (PCBE) dating from 2001 to 2009. It includes meeting briefing books and an unpublished draft of a report titled Organ Transplantation: An Ethical Inquiry by the President's Council on Bioethics (June 2009). The PCBE's website is included as part of this collection. The website includes meeting agendas,...
Dates:
2001 - 2009
Found in:
Bioethics Research Library Archives
Warren T. Reich Papers
Collection
Identifier: BRL-005
Abstract
The collection contains the files of Warren Reich, dating from 1958 to 1999. It includes records of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics (particularly funding and planning documents), files on bioethics and medical humanities courses taught at Georgetown University, research files on Andre Hellegers and the history of bioethics, documents related to the Narrative Bioethics Seminar at Hiram College, and professional correspondence. It also contains Andre Hellegers documents that had been collected...
Dates:
Existence: 1958 - 1999
Found in:
Bioethics Research Library Archives
The Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Human Subject Research Course Collection
Collection — Box BRL Shared 013: [Barcode: 39020028495086], Folder: 5-8
Identifier: BRL-033
Abstract
The collection contains materials for the NIH's Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Human Subject Research course. It includes the syllabus and the readings for the course. The course was presented by the the NIH's Department of Clinical Bioethics at the Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center from October-November 2002.
Dates:
2002
Found in:
Bioethics Research Library Archives
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Ethics Advisory Board Records
Collection
Identifier: BRL-002
Abstract
The collection consists of records of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Ethics Advisory Board, which existed from 1978 to 1979.
Dates:
Existence: 1978 - 1979
Found in:
Bioethics Research Library Archives
Robert M. Veatch Papers
Collection
Identifier: BRL-018
Abstract
The collection contains the papers of Robert M. Veatch. It includes material created while employed at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) at Georgetown University (1979-2019) and at the Hastings Center (1970-1979). It also documents his work as an advisor and lecturer at a wide variety of universities, hospitals, healthcare organizations, and governmental bodies. The records document the development and administration of the KIE, particularly during his directorship from 1989-1996. On...
Dates:
circa late 19th century-2021; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2019
Found in:
Bioethics Research Library Archives
LeRoy Walters Papers
Collection
Identifier: BRL-036
Abstract
The collection consists of Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) records that were created and/or maintained by LeRoy Walters. Walters joined the KIE as one of its first scholars, served as Director of the Bioethics Center from 1971 to 1993, and as Director of KIE from 1996 to 2000. The records primarily document establisment and development of the KIE, its library, and various bioethics information retrieval projects over the years. The collection also includes some of Walters teaching files,...
Dates:
1969 - 2021
Found in:
Bioethics Research Library Archives
Richard M. Zaner Papers
Collection
Identifier: BRL-041
Abstract
Papers of philosopher and medical ethicist Richard Morris Zaner (1933-), including writing, correspondence, teaching files, administrative files, and audiovisual recordings.
Dates:
1954 - 2001
Found in:
Bioethics Research Library Archives