Society's Choices: Social and Ethical Decision Making in Biomedicine (1995)

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

1

PART I

 

 

1

 

INTRODUCTION

 

27

  

Defining ''Ethical" Issues,

 

27

  

Sources of Ethical Issues in Biomedicine,

 

30

2

 

THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF BIOETHICAL PROBLEM SOLVING

 

43

  

The American Character,

 

43

  

Actors Shaping the Social Context for Bioethics,

 

48

  

Health Care and Science: Shaping the Social Context for Bioethics,

 

53

3

 

SYSTEMATIC APPROACHES TO BIOETHICS

 

67

  

Academic Bioethics,

 

67

  

Scientists and Other Technical Experts,

 

75

  

Health Care Professional Education,

 

80

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THE SPECTRUM OF SOCIETAL RESPONSES

 

87

  

Political and Legal Mechanisms,

 

89

  

Professional and Institutional Mechanisms,

 

115

  

Individual and Community Responses,

 

136

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CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS

 

150

  

Intellectual Integrity

 

153

  

Sensitivity To Democratic Values,

 

155

  

Effectiveness

 

159

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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 

168

  

Interpreting the Committee's Charge,

 

168

  

Criteria for Evaluation,

 

171

  

A Multilevel Approach to Bioethics Deliberation,

 

174

  

Recommendations,

 

176

PART II
COMMISSIONED PAPERS

 

 

 

 

Moral Epistemology
Thomas Nagel

 

201

 

 

Public Moral Discourse
Dan W. Brock

 

215

 

 

The Value of Consensus
Martin Benjamin

 

241

 

 

Bioethics Commissions: What Can We Learn from Past Successes and Failures?
Bradford H. Gray

 

261

 

 

Limiting Life-Prolonging Medical Treatment: A Comparative Analysis of the President's Commission and the New York State Task Force
Baruch A. Brody

 

307

 

 

The Formulation of Health Policy by the Three Branches of Government
Lawrence Gostin

 

335

 

 

The Role of Religious Participation and Religious Belief in Biomedical Decision Making
Charles M. Swezey

 

358

 

 

Trust, Honesty, and the Authority of Science
Steven Shapin

 

388

 

 

Institutional Ethics Committees: Local Perspectives on Ethical Issues in Medicine
Elizabeth Heitman

 

409

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The Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Program of the National Center for Human Genome Research: A Missed Opportunity?
Kathi E. Hanna

 

432

 

 

AIDS, Ethics, and Activism: Institutional Encounters in the Epidemic's First Decade
Ronald Bayer

 

458

 

 

"La Pénible Valse Hésitation"1: Fetal Tissue Research Review and the Use of Bioethics Commissions in France and the United States
R. Alta Charo

 

477

 

 

APPENDIX PAST COMMISSIONS AND ADVISORY BOARDS

 

503

 

 

INDEX

 

521

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SOCIETY'S CHOICES

Social and Ethical Decision Making in Biomedicine

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