Posts in category: Liveblog Coverage
A Discussion on the Ethics of Incidental Findings
In a roundtable discussion, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) today discussed how incidental findings should be handled in the context of research, the clinic, and direct-to-consumer testing. What are the responsibilities of researchers to act on incidental findings? What is the duty of a clinician to her patient, [...]
Direct-to-Consumer Incidental Findings: the Intersection of Bioethics and Business Ethics
In today’s discussion of incidental findings, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (The Bioethics Commission) was eager to address the recent explosion of direct-to-consumer testing, and the role of the corporation in informing customers of incidental findings. In the case of incidental findings in direct-to-consumer testing, the ethical question becomes one of [...]
Incidental Findings in the Clinic: Extra Information and Extra Worry
During today’s meeting of The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, it soon became clear that dealing with an incidental finding can involve more than just reporting to the patient impacted. As Haavi Morreim, J.D, Ph.D. Professor of Internal Medicine at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, stated, there may be a [...]
When an Incidental Finding Saves a Life
During today’s meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission), a panel of experts discussed the ethical considerations associated with incidental findings that arise during research. Alex John London, M.A., Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon began by noting “The researcher may have a duty to act in [...]
An Overview of Incidental Findings
Today, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) addressed the role and impact of incidental findings in the clinic, in research, and in the new emerging businesses of direct-to-consumer testing. As Amy Gutmann, Ph.D., Chair of the Bioethics Commission, noted “Emerging medical technologies, changing cost structures, and evolving medical practice [...]
Live From Washington, D.C.
Welcome to the blog for the thirteenth public meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission). The Bioethics Commission is meeting in Washington, D.C. today, April 30th, from 9am to 5pm, EST. At this meeting the Bioethics Commission will begin work on its next project, the ethical implications of [...]
Commission Wraps Up Miami Meeting
For the past year the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues has been conducting a careful and transparent review of the ethical considerations of conducting clinical trials of medical countermeasures (MCM) with children. The examination raises many challenging and complex issues. MCM research could carry some risk in order to protect children from [...]
Tom Beauchamp, Ph.D. to address Commission
Tom Beauchamp, Ph.D., an invited speaker at the 12th meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, has been a Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and a Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University for more than 30 years. Beauchamp has earned many accolades in the field of bioethics. [...]
Dennis Thompson, Ph.D. to address Commission
As the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues gathers in Miami to continue its discussion of the development of an ethical framework around the issue of pediatric medical countermeasures, Commission members will hear from additional experts in relevant fields. This afternoon Dennis F. Thompson, Ph.D., the Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy [...]
Federal Regulations Concerning Pediatric Research
“Under what conditions is participation of children in research ethically acceptable?” This was the question the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research faced in 1974 when it began its deliberations on pediatric research. Its report, Research Involving Children, ultimately became the foundation for pediatric research regulations adopted in [...]
