National Bioethics Advisory Commission Reports and
Commissioned Papers
Table of Contents
- Ethical and Policy
Issues in Research Involving Human Participants
- The seven chapters contained here address the
complicated policy issues of research involving human
participants, while sixteen commissioned papers address
topics as varied as the history of research oversite, the
privacy and confidentiality of participants, and multiple
aspects of Institutional Review Boards.
- Research Involving
Persons with Mental Disorders That May Affect
Decisionmaking Capacity, December 1998
- Five chapters and five commissioned papers define the
issues, present the benefits and risks, and make
recommendations for conducting research with persons with
mental disorders.
- Ethical and Policy
Issues in International Research: Clinical Trials in
Developing Countries, French and Spanish
translations.
- A summary in English and the Spanish and French
translations are available.
- Research Involving
Human Biological Materials: Ethical Issues and Policy
Guidance
- One commissioned paper from this extensive report is
maintained on the OEC An Ethical Framework For
Biological Samples Policy - Commissioned Paper by Allen
Buchanan, University of Arizona. This paper focuses on key
ethical issues that arise in doing research with human
biological material and sample policy.
- Letter of
Transmittal to the President National Bioethics
Advisory Commission
- A scanned version of the communication between
President Bill Clinton and NBAC Chairman Harold T.
Shapiro
- National
Bioethics Advisory Commission Staff and
Consultants
- A list of the functions of NBAC and its staff and their
affiliations.
The following NBAC reports are not yet part of the OEC and
may be found at the Georgetown site National Bioethics Advisory Commission
Publications
- 1998-1999 Biennial Report
- Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research, September
1999
- Research Involving Human Biological Materials: Ethical
Issues and Policy Guidance
- 1996-1997 Annual Report
- Cloning Human Beings, June 1997