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The Aids Epidemic: A Prism Distorting Social And Legal Principles, Alec Gray

New England Journal of Public Policy

The AIDS epidemic is affecting American society in far-reaching and unexpected ways. It touches our institutions, our value systems, and our private lives. Social issues seem to change and become distorted by the epidemic 's prismlike effect. This article examines some of the major public health issues raised by the epidemic, ranging from testing to contact tracing and quarantine. It argues that while the civil rights of individuals may have to be sacrificed to stem the spread of the disease, those rights should not be abandoned unless a clear benefit to the public health would result.

Issues of discrimination in …

Ethical Issues In Aids Research, Michael A. Grodin, Paula V. Kaminow, Raphael Sassower

New England Journal of Public Policy

There is a need for carefully controlled and scientifically rigorous research studies of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The morbidity and mortality associated with AIDS patients and the public health concerns for control of this epidemic have distorted the usual process of research. The Institutional Review Board at Boston City Hospital is suggested as an appropriate mechanism for clarifying the distinctions between research and innovative therapies and for assuring the protection of this vulnerable population of research subjects. This article addresses ethical concerns relating to the time frame of research, drug and antibody testing, vaccine trials, and questions of justice …

Newsletter: The Center For Professional Ethics, January 1988, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• Notice: 1988 Spring Semester Monday Evening Dialogue Forums
• Ethics, Dentists, and Change by Sean Stephen Wotman

Hiv Antibody Screening: An Ethical Framework For Evaluating Proposed Programs, Ronald Bayer, Carol Levine, Susan M. Wolf

New England Journal of Public Policy

The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) poses a compelling ethical challenge to medicine, science, public health, the legal system, and our political democracy. This report focuses on one aspect of that challenge: the use of blood tests to identify individuals who have been infected with the retrovirus human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In this article, we follow the terminology recently proposed by the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses; that is, we use the term human immunodeficiency virus. This replaces the more cumbersome dual terminology of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (HTLV-III/LAV).

The issue is urgent: the tests are …

Newsletter: The Center For Professional Ethics, November 1987, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• Preparation for Practice; The Ethical Dimension by M.C. "Terry" Hokenstad
• Notice: Dialogue Forum "The Ethics of Individualism: A Constitutional Perspective"

Ethical Norms In Science, Rachelle D. Hollander

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers Presented to the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, Western Michigan University.

Newsletter: The Center For Professional Ethics, Fall 1987, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• CPE Receives Endowment
• Ethics, Character and the Professional, by Robert P. Lawry
• Notice: Monday Evening Dialogue Forums
• Notice: Conferences
• Notice Seminar: "Systems of Ethical Decision-Making"
• Notice: Six-Week Study Group on Ethics

Ada Code Of Ethics (June 1987), American Dental Association

Code of Ethics

The ADA Code of Ethics has three main components: The Principles of Ethics, the Code of Professional Conduct and the Advisory Opinions. Contents may also include: Amendment to ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct and Insert for the ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct. The most current issue is available on the ADA’s website.

Newsletter: The Center For Professional Ethics, Summer 1987, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• The Center's Executive Committee is Planning the Fall 1987 Program
• Notice: Monday Evening Dialogue Forums
• Notice Seminar: "Systems of Ethical Decision-Making"
• Notice: Six-Week Study Group on Ethics
• Nursing Ethics by Barbara J. Daly
• Notice: Remember These Numbers

Newsletter: The Center For Professional Ethics, March/April 1987, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• Monday Evening Dialogue Forums for March and April
• Ethics and The Society by Robert W. Clarke

Ada Constitution & Bylaws (1987), American Dental Association

Constitution & Bylaws

The ADA Commons Constitution & Bylaws archival collection comprises printed issues of the American Dental Association's Constitution and Bylaws. The collection also includes the ADA Charter and the ADA Code of Ethics issued 1924-1946.

Ada Code Of Ethics (January 1987), American Dental Association

Code of Ethics

The ADA Code of Ethics has three main components: The Principles of Ethics, the Code of Professional Conduct and the Advisory Opinions. Contents may also include: Amendment to ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct and Insert for the ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct. The most current issue is available on the ADA’s website.

Newsletter: The Center For Professional Ethics, January 1987, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• Monday Evening Conversation, January 26, 1987, "Contragate: The Moral Obligation to Obey the Law"
• The Center's Executive Committee Designs a New Program Format for the First Half of 1987
• Law and Morality by Robert P. Lawry
• Book Review: Habits of the Heart by Michelle B. Creger
• Book Review: Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education by Wendy Miano
• Book Review: The Foundations of Bioethics by Dr. Mary Briody Mahowald

Update - October 1986, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- Center presents faith and peace conference
-- Senator Gore addresses transplant ethics at LLU November 17
-- AAW features "Women of Courage" November 28-30
-- Is God "Dead" in Biomedical Ethics? (Critique)

[ Why Does God Let Us Suffer? ]
-- The Mystery of Suffering
-- Will Suffering Ever Really End?
-- Religion and Suffering Among My Patients
-- God and Suffering: A Discussion

Newsletter: The Center For Professional Ethics, October 1986, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• Professional Power and Self Regulation
• The Center is Becoming a Membership Organization
• Notice: The October Monday Evening Conversation on Ethical Issues "Is the Technological Imperative Ethically Compelling?"
• The Ethical Dilemma in American Business
• Notice: Change of Date For: Seminar on "Systems of Making Ethical Decisions"

Update - July 1986, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- Baby Jessie and Beyond
-- Newsbriefs
-- The Bouvia Decision: Right But Inadequate
-- LLU plans conference on ethics and transplantation

[ Apartheid and Morality Today ]
-- Growing Up White in South Africa
-- In Favor of Constructive Engagement
-- Divestment: Realistic Moral Opposition to Apartheid

-- What should treatment committees consider?
-- Religion and Politics on Sabbath (Editorial)
-- George Otto Schumacher, MD (1913-1986)
-- Thomas Gordon Goman, PhD (1944-1986)

Ada Code Of Ethics (May 1986), American Dental Association

Code of Ethics

The ADA Code of Ethics has three main components: The Principles of Ethics, the Code of Professional Conduct and the Advisory Opinions. Contents may also include: Amendment to ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct and Insert for the ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct. The most current issue is available on the ADA’s website.

Ada Code Of Ethics (January 1986), American Dental Association

Code of Ethics

The ADA Code of Ethics has three main components: The Principles of Ethics, the Code of Professional Conduct and the Advisory Opinions. Contents may also include: Amendment to ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct and Insert for the ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct. The most current issue is available on the ADA’s website.

Update - January 1986, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- Symposia discuss abortion, apartheid, and nuclear war
-- Endowment effort faces January deadline
-- Center prepares first book
-- Religion and the Bioethical Enterprise (Editorial)
-- Letter to the Editor

[ What's A Little Church Like Ours Doing in Big Medicine Like This? ]
-- Excepts from public discussion
-- From Water Cures to ORgan Transplants: Have We Lost Our Way?
-- Healing the Sick and Preaching the Gospel: Is There An Essential Link?
-- Adventist Institutions and the World: If Small Is Beautiful, Is Big Bad?
-- The Adventist Health System: Are We Drifting …

Ada Constitution & Bylaws (1986), American Dental Association

Constitution & Bylaws

The ADA Commons Constitution & Bylaws archival collection comprises printed issues of the American Dental Association's Constitution and Bylaws. The collection also includes the ADA Charter and the ADA Code of Ethics issued 1924-1946.

Newsletter: The Center For Professional Ethics, January 1986, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• Euphoria and Temperance by Robert P. Lawry
"News and Notes:" Activities of Members of the Center's Steering Committee
• Some Sharing About the Priorities of The Center for Professional Ethics by Wendy Miano

Newsletter: The Center For Professional Ethics, March 1985, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• An Afternoon With Billy Budd
• Internal Education of the Steering Committee
• The Center's Spring Conference
• Center Activities
• Good News for the Center
• Reflections from New CPE Steering Committee Members by Carol J. Rottman and Linda Barr

Ada Constitution & Bylaws (1985), American Dental Association

Constitution & Bylaws

The ADA Commons Constitution & Bylaws archival collection comprises printed issues of the American Dental Association's Constitution and Bylaws. The collection also includes the ADA Charter and the ADA Code of Ethics issued 1924-1946.

Update - Winter 1985, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- Hastings Center and Ethics Center to present "Biomedical Ethics Today: Old models and New" at Loma Linda April 21 and 22
-- Maloney and Winslow address allocation
-- "Worship Aids" unite ethics and liturgy
-- Ethics Center: Priest, Prophet, or Participant? (Editorial)

[ Reflections Regarding William Bartling ]
-- Siding With Life
-- The Patient is the Final Arbiter
-- Competing Claims Make Hard Choices

-- Excerpts from the California appeals court decision
-- $200,000 given to Ethics Center

Ada Code Of Ethics (May 1984), American Dental Association

Code of Ethics

The ADA Code of Ethics has three main components: The Principles of Ethics, the Code of Professional Conduct and the Advisory Opinions. Contents may also include: Amendment to ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct and Insert for the ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct. The most current issue is available on the ADA’s website.

Ada Constitution & Bylaws (1984), American Dental Association

Constitution & Bylaws

The ADA Commons Constitution & Bylaws archival collection comprises printed issues of the American Dental Association's Constitution and Bylaws. The collection also includes the ADA Charter and the ADA Code of Ethics issued 1924-1946.

Quality Of Life, Sanctity Of Creation: Palliative Or Apotheosis?, George P. Smith Ii

Scholarly Articles

This Article will suggest an approach to facilitate decision-making where the concepts of quality of life and sanctity of life appear to clash. It is hoped that a reconciliation of these two ideas will provide an alternative to the increasing federal intervention in the process of family decision-making vis-a-vis handicapped infants.

The construct will combine deontological standards with situational, or consequential, ethics. This unique synthesis will then be placed within a sphere of expanded family advisers-medical, social, spiritual, legal, etc.-who are called into being with the birth of a genetically defective newborn. The force of the construct arises from the …

Sexuality, Privacy And The New Biology, George P. Smith Ii, Roberto Iraola

Scholarly Articles

This Article investigates two alternative methods of human conception: Specifically, the artificial insemination of unmarried women for either their own personal purposes of pregnancy without the benefit of marriage or as surrogates for infertile women. Surrogation is evaluated, then, as an analytic complement to the sexual privacy of women who are expressing their sexual freedom through unconventional means to become pregnant.

The conclusion drawn is that an unmarried woman’s fundamental right to privacy or procreation does not encompass a right to either artificial insemination or surrogation. To allow unfettered access to these two methods of conception would - quite simply …

Ada Constitution & Bylaws (1983), American Dental Association

Constitution & Bylaws

The ADA Commons Constitution & Bylaws archival collection comprises printed issues of the American Dental Association's Constitution and Bylaws. The collection also includes the ADA Charter and the ADA Code of Ethics issued 1924-1946.

Ada Code Of Ethics (January 1983), American Dental Association

Code of Ethics

The ADA Code of Ethics has three main components: The Principles of Ethics, the Code of Professional Conduct and the Advisory Opinions. Contents may also include: Amendment to ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct and Insert for the ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct. The most current issue is available on the ADA’s website.