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The SCOPE NOTE Series is intended to present a current overview of issues and viewpoints related to specific topics in biomedical ethics. It is not designed as a comprehensive review, but rather offers immediate reference to facts, opinion, and legal precedents (if applicable) for scholars, journalists, medical and legal practitioners, students, and interested laypersons. All sources cited in SCOPE NOTES are included in the collection of the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (NRCBL), and may be obtained through its document delivery service (subject to copyright law). Updates of topics covered in SCOPE NOTES may be requested through the Search Request Form on the Library's web site or calling the NRCBL. As of SCOPE NOTE 15, the series appears in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal (KIEJ). Scope Notes 30 to date are available full-text, online in the KIEJ through Johns Hopkins University's Project Muse web site. Further information about Project Muse is also available at that site.

The SCOPE NOTES Series is now available full text at this site as Adobe PDF documents or Web pages. Follow the links below to access the full text of the highlighted issues. (Get free Adobe Reader) Some in the series are still available as reprints and may be ordered by contacting the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Box 571212, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057-1212; Telephone: 888-BIO-ETHX (toll-free) or 202-687-3885; FAX 202-687-6770; e-mail: bioethics@georgetown.edu

1. Dangerousness: Prediction and Legal Status. September 1982. 5 p.

2. Living Wills and Durable Powers of Attorney. Revised April 1992. 19 p.

3. Ethics Committees in Hospitals. KIEJ. Reprinted September 1992. 17 p.

4. Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs). June 1984. 11 p.

5. Baby Fae/Cross Species Organ Transplantation (Xenografting). January 1985. 19 p.

6. Surrogate Motherhood. Revised January 1988. 11 p.

7. Withholding or Withdrawing Nutrition or Hydration. Revised March 1992. 17 p.

8. AIDS. (with 1991 update). April 1988. 28 p.

9. Bioethics Audiovisuals. September 1988. 12 p.

10. In Vitro Fertilization. December 1988. 12 p.

11. Neonatal Intensive Care. May 1989. 10 p.

12. Anencephalic Infants as Potential Organ Sources. June 1989. 11 p.

13. The Aged and Resource Allocation. January 1990. 13 p.

14. Maternal-Fetal Conflict. August 1990. 14 p.

15. Basic Resources in Bioethics. KIEJ. Reprinted September 1991. 14 p. (Updated 1995)

16. Teaching Ethics in the Health Care Setting. KIEJ. Reprinted September 1991. 19 p.

17. Human Genome Project. KIEJ. Reprinted November 1991. 11p. (Last updated October 2007)

18. Active Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide. KIEJ. Reprinted March 1992. 17 p.

19. Nursing Ethics. KIEJ. Reprinted June 1992. 18 p.

20. A Right to Health Care. KIEJ. Reprinted January 1993. 13 p.

20 Appendix. Aristotle and the Right to Health Care: A Cautionary Tale. March 2008. 5 p.

21. Fetal Tissue Research. KIEJ. Reprinted March 1993. 15 p.

22. Genetic Testing and Genetic Screening. KIEJ. Reprinted September 1993. 17 p. (Last updated March 2006)

23. Bioethics Consultation. KIEJ. Reprinted January 1994. 15 p.

24. Human Gene Therapy. KIEJ. Reprinted March 1994. 15 p. (Last updated August 2008)

25. Religious Perspectives on Bioethics: Pt. I. KIEJ. Reprinted June 1994. 23 p.

26. Religious Perspectives on Bioethics: Pt. II. KIEJ. Reprinted December 1994. 24 p.

27. Gender Issues in Health Care. KIEJ. Reprinted March 1995. 14 p.

28. Eugenics. KIEJ. Reprinted June 1995. 11 p. (Last updated May 2006)

29. Organ Transplant Allocation. KIEJ. Reprinted January 1996. 13 p.

Researchers associated with institutional libraries subscribing to Project Muse can access the full text of Scope Notes 30 to date at the Project Muse web site (http://muse.jhu.edu). Further information concerning Project Muse and how to subscribe is also available there.

30. Feminist Perspectives on Bioethics. KIEJ. Reprinted April 1996. 13 p.

31. Managed Health Care: New Ethical Issues for All. KIEJ. Reprinted June 1996. 12 p.

32. A Just Share: Justice and Fairness in Resource Allocation. KIEJ. Reprinted August 1997. 17 p.

33. Landmark Legal Cases in Bioethics. KIEJ. Reprinted August 1997. 14 p.

34. Bioethics Commissions: Town Meetings with a "Blue, Blue Ribbon". KIEJ. Reprinted March 1998. 15 p.

35. Public Health Ethics: Health by the Numbers. KIEJ. Reprinted October 1998. 14 p.

36. Organizational Ethics and Health Care: Expanding Bioethics to the Institutional Arena. KIEJ. Reprinted September 1999. 14 p.

37. Basic Resources in Bioethics: 1996-1999. KIEJ. Reprint forthcoming.

38. Bioethics Resources on the Web. KIEJ. Reprint forthcoming. (Updated August 2004)

39. Genes, Patents, and Bioethics - Will History Repeat Itself? KIEJ. Reprinted April 2001. 14 p. (Updated August 2004)

40. Animals in Research and Education: Ethical Issues. KIEJ. Reprinted March 2001. 19 p.

41. Bioethics and Cloning, Part I. KIEJ. Reprinted with Bioethics and Cloning, Part II, March 2003 as a special double-issue Scope Note. 59 p.

42. Bioethics and Cloning, Part II. KIEJ. Reprinted with Bioethics and Cloning, Part I, March 2003 as a special double-issue Scope Note. 59 p.

** Scope Notes 41 and 42 are reprinted as a special double-issue, "Bioethics and Cloning," March 2003. $15; 59 p. (see Order Form)

This special, double-issue scope note includes an introductory essay and annotations on the scientific history of cloning, historical ethics commentary, animal welfare and cloning, U.S. and international laws and legal literature, philosophical and religious perspectives on cloning, and cloning in film and fiction. In addition, the executive summaries from the cloning reports prepared by the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (Cloning Human Beings: Report and Recommendations) and the President's Council on Bioethics (Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry) are reprinted.

43. Incentives for Providing Organs. KIEJ. March 2003. 12 p.

44. Vulnerability, Vulnerable Populations, and Policy. KIEJ. December 2004. 15 p.

45. Bioethics, Biolaw, and Western Legal Heritage. KIEJ. June 2005. 8 p.

46. Pharmacists and Conscientious Objection. KIEJ. December 2006. 14 p.

Last updated: August 2008