Publications

health policy--ensuring informed consent in human experimentation: a comparison of the approaches of two states.		1979	11661816
california laws on 'human experimentation' and 'experimental drugs'		1979	11661646
leaa halts behavior modification funding.		1974	11661133
medical and psychological experimentation on california prisoners.		1974	11661107
a constitutional right to health care: an unlikely development.		1974	11661100
legislating the control of behavior control: autonomy and the coercive use of organic therapies.		1974	11660869
banking on discord: property conflicts in the transplantation of umbilical cord stem cells.		1997	11660773
testimony of elmerine allen whitfield bell.		1998	11660590
informed consent: defining limits through therapeutic parameters.		1995	11660487
ethics and embryos: did a renowned fertility doctor play god while he made babies?		1995	11660033
biotechnology and the commercial use of human cells: toward an organic view of life and technology.		1989	11659674
from control over one's body to control over one's body parts: extending the doctrine of informed consent.		1992	11659626
moore v. regents of the university of california: expanded disclosure, limited property rights.		1992	11659500
the commercialization of human tissue -- the source of legal, ethical and social problems: an area better suited to legislative resolution.		1990	11659354
evolving conceptualizations of property: a proposal to de-commercialize the value of fetal tissue.		1989	11659215
biotechnology, patients' rights, and the moore case.		1989	11659209
conceiving to abort and donate fetal tissue: new ethical strains in the transplantation field -- a survey of existing law and a proposal for change.		1989	11659206
toward the right of commerciality: recognizing property rights in the commercial value of human tissue.		1986	11659048
moore v. the regents of the university of california: an ethical debate on informed consent and property rights in a patient's cells.		1995	11658094
prospecting for genetic gold: compensating genetic research donors.		1998	11657635
true protection for persons with severe mental disabilities, such as schizophrenia, involved as subjects in research? a look and consideration of the "protection of human subjects.		1994	11657417
pathways to immortality in the new millenium: human responsibility, theological direction, or legal mandate.		1996	11656882
human tissue: rights in the body and its parts.		1993	11656860
owning our bodies: an examination of property law and biotechnology.		1995	11656846
homo economicus: commercialization of body tissue in the age of biotechnology.	the human body is becoming hot property, a resource to be "mined," "harvested," patented, and traded commercially for profit as well as scientific and therapeutic advances. under the new entrepreneurial approach to the body old tensions take on new dimensions -- about consent, the fair distribution of tissues and products developed from them, the individual and cultural values represented by the body, and public policy governing the use of organs and tissues.	1998	11656768
breaking the mold: human embryo cloning and its implications for a right to individuality.		1996	11656720
people v. davis: california's murder statute and the requirement of viability for fetal murder.		1995	11656563
cryonic preservation of human bodies -- a call for legislative action.		1994	11656547
genetic information and property theory.		1993	11656395
the constitutionality of pregnancy clauses in living will statutes.		1990	11656069
understanding abortion via different scholarly methodologies: book review essay.	erde review three works that in his opinion have made important contributions to the abortion debate: abortion policy: an evaluation of the consequences for maternal and infant health, by jerome s. legge, jr. (albany: state university of new york press; 1985); abortion and the politics of motherhood, by kristen luker (berkeley: university of california press; 1984); and abortion: moral and legal perspective, edited by j.l. garfield and p. hennessey (amherst: university of massachusetts press; ...	1986	11655806
surgeons want the organs of babies 'born brainless'		1986	11655800
california wants aids test on organs.		1985	11655691
sperm as property.		1995	11655140
second thoughts about u.s. patent #4,438,032.		1997	11655049
sacred or for sale? the human body in the age of biotechnology.		1990	11654932
of medicine, race, and american law: the bubonic plague outbreak of 1900.		1988	11654893
from the editors.		1997	11654796
physicians and euthanasia.		1988	11654768
"he wants to do what?" cryonics: issues in questionable medicine and self-determination.		1992	11654757
when does life begin...or end? the california supreme court redefines murder in people v. davis.		1994	11654736
whose tissues are they anyway? a proposal for state ownership of the human body and its parts.		1994	11654296
looking back and judging our predecessors.	the advisory committee on human radiation experiments has correctly argued that persons and institutions can sometimes be held responsible for actions taken more than a half-century ago, when practices and policies on the use of research subjects were strikingly different. in reaching its conclusions, the committee did not altogether adhere to the language and commitments of its own ethical framework. in its final report, the committee emphasizes judgments of wrongdoing, to the relative neglect ...	1996	11653397
euthanasia, the gentle death: a legal and ethical prospectus on the right to die.		1992	11652938
norplant use in conjunction with the welfare system.		1993	11652714
legislative guidelines to govern in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer.		1986	11651873
controlling conflicts of interest in the doctor-patient relationship: lessons from moore v. regents of the university of california.		1991	11651440
the use of anencephalic organ donors: lesson of baby theresa ann.		1992	11651399
bailment and donation of parts of the human body.		1989	11650943
source compensation for tissues and cells used in biotechnical research: why a source shouldn't share in the profits.		1989	11650898
a grassroots movement in bioethics: community health decisions.	the author reports on projects funded by the prudential foundation for the community health decisions program, which sponsors open community meetings conducted by volunteers trained in bioethics and in group discussion techniques, with the objectives of reaching social consensus on principles that should govern the future of the health care system and of fostering citizen participation in the political arena. the lessons of community organizing that emerge from this movement are analyzed, along ...	1988	11650796
cells, sales, and royalties: the patient's right to a portion of the profits.		1988	11650242
the california humane and dignified death initiative.	the failure of the california humane and dignified death initiative to receive enough signatures to place it on the november 1988 ballot is analyzed in relation to the california referendum process, provisions of the initiative, and public opinion polls on euthanasia. assumptions that the california electorate strongly supported the initiative to legalize the provision by doctors of active euthanasia services were the product of wishful thinking and poor polls; the extent to which the referendu ...	1989	11650118
let no one split asunder: controversy in human genetic engineering.		1987	11650017
regulating the sale of human organs.		1985	11649755
moore v. regents of the university of california.	in 1976, john moore had his spleen removed in the course of treatment for hairy cell leukemia at the ucla medical center. subsequently, a cell line was developed from moore's tissues that offered enormous therapeutic value. doctors applied for patents on the cell line and entered into contracts for its commercial exploitation. moore claimed the modified tissue to be his own property and sued to recover deserved profits. the trial court dismissed moore's case because it failed to set forth a ...	1988	11648571
fertility clinic told to close amid complaints.		1995	11647997
consensus on ethics in research is elusive.		1995	11647995
15 vials of sperm: the unusual bequest of an even more unusual man.		1994	11647973
agency faults a u.c.l.a. study for suffering of mental patients.		1994	11647969
secret nuclear research on people comes to light.		1993	11647944
new policy adopted on the use of babies as donors of organs.		1987	11647839
a doctor's drug studies turn into fraud.		1999	11647660
when doctors and patients decide to test the far limits of treatment.		1995	11647096
medical ethics in the dock.		1994	11647023
ruling renews fears of limits on research.		1988	11646695
transplant: urgent step or step off the edge?		1996	11646330
in response: speaking truth to historiography.		1997	11645854
if only it were so: medical physics, u.s. human radiation experiments, and the final report of the president's advisory committee (achre)		1997	11645853
body parts: property rights and the ownership of human biological materials, by e. richard gold.		1997	11645355
brave new babies.		1993	11645229
u.s. doctors want no part in executions.		1998	11645105
legal trends in bioethics.		1997	11645037
us researchers fail to get informed consent.		1994	11644521
tarasoff and the researcher: does the duty to protect apply in the research setting?		1989	11644381
how catholic hospitals in california see their obligations to the poor.	a task force of the california association of catholic hospitals surveyed its members to gather information about their goals and programs for the poor. reduction of federal and state funding has increased the population without access to adequate health care. supporting the american bishops' position that health care is a basic right, the task force maintains that catholic hospitals should increase their services to the indigent without regard to merit. the hospitals are urged both to make k ...	1984	11644160
if it's research, it must be reviewed: an nih reprimand.		1986	11643913
public policy symposium: the legal, ethical, and economic impact of patient material used for product development in the biomedical industry.		1985	11643828
acceptability of mifepristone for early pregnancy interruption.	it is the purpose of this article to review the current status of early pregnancy interruption with mifepristone (ru 486) combined with a prostaglandin analogue from the standpoint of its acceptability to women. also discussed are the need for uniform terminology in acceptability studies, observations from clinical trials in california, france, and the united kingdom, and comments on eventual utilization in developing countries.	1992	11643042
eugenic science in california: the papers of e. s. gosney and the human betterment foundation.		1996	11618893
the colon cancer burden of genetically defined hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer.	estimates of the frequency of hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (hnpcc) based on clinical criteria have varied widely. recent studies of germline mismatch repair gene mutations have suggested that hnpcc accounts for close to 3% of all colon cancer, but this estimate may have been inflated by inclusion of founder effects peculiar to finland. we therefore determined by genetic criteria the colon cancer burden associated with hnpcc in a population-based study of 1066 individuals from utah and ca ...	2001	11606497
spatial distribution of seropositivity to the causative agent of granulocytic ehrlichiosis in dogs in california.	to assess spatial and temporal patterns of seroprevalence among dogs in california to the causative agent of granulocytic ehrlichiosis (ge).	2001	11592326
changing the health care system: a professional education program for hispanic leaders in california.	this article reports characteristics and evaluation findings on a program aimed at promoting change in california's health care system by training minority managers and policy specialists. between 1990 and 1992, 30 hispanic college graduates enrolled in the university of southern california's hispanic leadership program. funded in part by the w. k. kellogg foundation, this program led to award of the master of health administration degree and involved students in a series of community workshops. ...	2001	11586659
human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse-transcriptase and protease subtypes: classification, amino acid mutation patterns, and prevalence in a northern california clinic-based population.	phylogenetic analysis of the reverse transcriptase (rt) and protease of 117 published complete human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) type 1 genome sequences demonstrated that these genes cluster into distinct subtypes. there was a slightly higher proportion of informative sites in the rt (40.4%) than in the protease (34.8%; p= .03). although most variation between subtypes was due to synonymous nucleotide substitutions, several subtype-specific amino acid patterns were observed. in the protease, th ...	2001	11574914
the human power amplifier technology at the university of california, berkeley.	a human's ability to perform physical tasks is limited by physical strength, not by intelligence. we define "extenders" as a class of robot manipulators worn by humans to augment human mechanical strength, while the wearer's intellect remains the central control system for manipulating the extender. our research objective is to determine the ground rules for the design and control of robotic systems worn by humans through the design, construction, and control of several prototype experimental di ...	1996	11540395
cells in space	how does one treat in a seriously injured astronaut in outer space or even another planet? to answer such a question, the us national aeronautical space administration (nasa) has embarked on a program of growing tissues--and possibly whole organs--in space. nasa has developed a unique rotating bioreactor that allow cells to be grown in a microgravity environment that eliminates almost all shear forces placed upon a cell culture system while entering space. back on earth, this novel bioreactor ha ...	1997	11536795
the utility of serologic testing for varicella in an adolescent population.	the purpose of this study was to determine what proportion of adolescents without a history of varicella are seropositive, and if serologic testing of this adolescent subpopulation is cost-effective. we identified 122 patients with 'no' or 'unknown' histories of chicken pox from our adolescent clinic. of these, 58 (48%) were found to be varicella zoster virus (vzv) seropositive. cost to the government for batched serologic testing of all unknowns was $682.65, while each adolescent vaccinated cos ...	2001	11535319
bloodborne pathogen exposures in a developmental center: 1993-2000.	in a developmental center, 257 potential bloodborne pathogen exposures (119 bites, 91 scratches, 30 sharps injuries, 17 mucosal breaks) occurred during 8 years (13,187 employee-years and 6,980 resident-years). of the residents, 9% were hepatitis b virus (hbv) surface antigen carriers. serological follow-up of exposed, susceptible employees and residents identified no transmission of hbv, hepatitis c virus (hcv), or human immunodeficiency (hiv) virus. this outcome has been due primarily to hepati ...	2001	11519919
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the new millennium: report from city of hope national medical center.	progress in the in the field of human stem cell transplantation (hsct) has led to a reduction in transplant-related toxicities and an improvement in survival rates. in the allogeneic setting, conditioning regimens containing ftbi and high dose vp-16 produce high rates of long-term progression-free survival in patients with aml and all. because of more rapid engraftment, peripheral blood stem cells are increasingly being used for allogeneic hsct, however, longer follow-up will be required to dete ...	2000	11512326
expanding health insurance coverage for smoking cessation treatments: experience of the pacific business group on health.	the business case for health insurance coverage of smoking cessation treatments by employers is a strong one. smoking is one of the nation's costliest health problems, in both human and financial terms. the science behind smoking cessation treatment and promotion of treatment is strong; the cost effectiveness of smoking cessation treatment is among the highest in all of medicine, the time required before a positive return on investment is reasonable for employers, and the short-term costs of tre ...	2001	11502016
the national human activity pattern survey (nhaps): a resource for assessing exposure to environmental pollutants.	because human activities impact the timing, location, and degree of pollutant exposure, they play a key role in explaining exposure variation. this fact has motivated the collection of activity pattern data for their specific use in exposure assessments. the largest of these recent efforts is the national human activity pattern survey (nhaps), a 2-year probability-based telephone survey (n=9386) of exposure-related human activities in the united states (u.s.) sponsored by the u.s. environmental ...	2001	11477521
phylogeography of the tidewater goby, eucyclogobius newberryi (teleostei, gobiidae), in coastal california.	the tidewater goby, eucyclogobius newberryi, inhabits discrete, seasonally closed estuaries and lagoons along approximately 1500 km of california coastline. this species is euryhaline but has no explicit marine stage, yet population extirpation and recolonization data suggest tidewater gobies disperse intermittently via the sea. analyses of mitochondrial control region and cytochrome b sequences demonstrate a deep evolutionary bifurcation in the vicinity of los angeles that separates southern ca ...	2001	11475052
the history man.		2001	11459027
prospective study of antibody to human papilloma virus type 16 and risk of cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancers (united states).	human papilloma virus (hpv) is frequently detectable in cancers of the cervix, vagina, and vulva, but its role in endometrial and ovarian cancers is less certain. this analysis aimed to examine the association of presence of hpv type 16 (hpv-16) antibodies with subsequent risk of cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancers.	2001	11456229
cocaine use and chronic renal failure.	urban communities vary from suburban and rural communities in several ways, which are reflected in a modified risk for different causes of chronic renal disease. many rural communities are more similar to urban communities in regard to socioeconomic adversities, access to health care, and other related challenges. it is important to recognize that high population density is commonly associated with a unique set of cultural practices including higher rates of perceived stress, recidivism and inca ...	2001	11455524
identification of risk factors for exertional heat-related illnesses in long-distance cyclists: experience from the california aids ride.	to identify risk factors for exertional heat-related illnesses and to determine if patients who are afflicted with the human immunodeficiency virus or have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome have an increased risk of exertional heat-related illness.	2001	11434495
there are at least three genetically distinct small piroplasms from dogs.	the 18s nuclear subunit ribosomal rna (18s rrna) gene of small piroplasms isolated from dogs from okinawa (japan), oklahoma, north carolina, indiana, missouri, and alabama, was isolated and sequenced. phylogenetic analysis of these sequences and comparisons with sequences from other babesia, cytauxzoon, and theileria species revealed that all canine small babesial isolates, with the exception of isolates from california and spain, were placed in a group containing the babesia spp. sensu stricto. ...	2000	11428342
risk factors for pet evacuation failure after a slow-onset disaster.	to determine risk factors for pet evacuation failure during a flood.	2001	11417734
update: newborn screening for sickle cell disease--california, illinois, and new york, 1998.	sickle cell disease (scd) is a common single-gene disorder that affects three of every 1000 black newborns and approximately 50,000 persons in the united states. children affected with scd are at increased risk for severe morbidity (e.g., severe hemolytic anemia, splenic dysfunction, pain crises, and bacterial infections) and mortality, especially during the first 3 years of life. in 1993, california, illinois, and new york collectively accounted for approximately 20% of all births to blacks. al ...	2000	11411826
outbreak of syphilis among men who have sex with men--southern california, 2000.	syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (std) caused by infection with the spirochete treponema pallidum, and like other genital ulcer diseases, syphilis enhances the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). during the 1990s, syphilis occurred predominantly among heterosexual blacks in the south and in large cities. however, recent outbreaks of syphilis have occurred among men who have sex with men (msm). a large syphilis outbreak occurred among msm during january-july 2000 in sout ...	2001	11393490