| targeted testing of children for tuberculosis: validation of a risk assessment questionnaire. | given the directive of the american academy of pediatrics to test children for tuberculosis (tb) only if they are at high risk for the disease, we sought to determine how well a risk assessment questionnaire can predict a positive tuberculin skin test (tst) result among children seen in a medical office setting. | 2001 | 11335775 |
| detection of arboviral rna directly from mosquito homogenates by reverse-transcription-polymerase chain reaction. | many arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are important human pathogens medically. the development of an effective technique to detect the viruses by using nucleic acid amplification, such as polymerase chain reaction (pcr), improves not only clinical diagnosis but also virologic surveillance of mosquito vectors in the field. in this study, the development of an improved and simplified assay is described for detection of mosquitoes infected with eastern equine encephalitis (eee) virus, cache va ... | 2001 | 11337046 |
| an event-by-event probabilistic methodology for assessing the health risks of persistent chemicals in fish: a case study at the palos verdes shelf. | a human health risk assessment of recreational anglers who consume fish from the palos verdes shelf was conducted. the uptake of ddt, dde, and ddd (collectively total ddt or tddt) and polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) due to fish ingestion was characterized using monte carlo techniques. this analysis relied upon 176 probability density functions developed from over 300,000 individual pieces of information to represent 17 different exposure factors that influence the human uptake of persistent org ... | 2001 | 11339333 |
| lifestyle determinants of 5alpha-reductase metabolites in older african-american, white, and asian-american men. | men with higher endogenous 5alpha-reductase activity may have higher prostate cancer risk. this hypothesis raises two questions: (a) could racial differences in 5alpha-reductase activity explain the observed racial differences in prostate cancer risk? and (b) could a man reduce his activity level by modifying his lifestyle? to address these questions, we measured two hormonal indices of 5alpha-reductase activity [serum levels of androstane-3alpha-17beta-diol glucuronide (3alpha-diol g) and andro ... | 2001 | 11352865 |
| medi-cal reimburses for growth hormone. | | 1995 | 11361448 |
| human vaccine testing set. | | 1998 | 11361942 |
| congress: how to help. | citizen input, through letters, calls, and visits to government representatives, is needed more urgently now than ever before. the fiscal 1996 budget and appropriations process is expected to provide disappointments. the house has eliminated hopwa aids housing funding for the current year (although it could be reversed in the senate). moves are being made toward mandatory hiv testing, with no provisions for counseling or for care. there is no mass movement yet to support aids politically, and th ... | 1995 | 11362405 |
| animal cell transplantation: fda meeting july 13 and 14. food and drug administration. | advances in organ and cell transplantation, and in basic immunology, are increasing the possibility of transplantation of organs or cells from animals to humans. baboon immune cells are resistant to hiv infection. if the cells can survive transplantation to humans, they might conceivably provide immunological resistance to hiv. shortly before the first test of baboon to human cell transplantation was to occur, the food and drug administration (fda) expanded its authority and told the researchers ... | 1995 | 11362616 |
| california: medi-cal can pay for human growth hormone for some patients. | medi-cal will pay for human growth hormone through the serono treatment ind starting aug 1, 1995. eligible patients must have aids-related wasting with a loss of at least ten percent of body weight, be eighteen years of age or older, and have failed treatment with either megace or marinol. | 1995 | 11362625 |
| courts uphold hiv test for rapist, but not for child molester. | mandatory hiv testing of convicted sex offenders can be ordered by trial judges. in two separate california appeals court cases, the judges reached opposite conclusions regarding this testing. one court upheld the mandatory testing of a man convicted of rape. in another california case, regarding a convicted child molester, the court overturned the order to submit to mandatory testing. the appeals court said that the jury had not provided enough information to determine whether or not testing wa ... | 1995 | 11362743 |
| wider access to human growth hormone. | medical will now provide reimbursement for the recombinant human growth hormone (serostim) from serono laboratories through an food and drug administration (fda)-sanctioned treatment investigational new drug program. the drug has shown promise in the treatment of aids-related wasting. california has appropriated $10 million for serostim for medical clients. patients qualify to receive the drug if they have failed either megace or marinol. patient reimbursement advocacy activities and the distrib ... | 1995 | 11362898 |
| sex education critics get their say at congressional hearings. | hearings conducted in december 1995 by the house education and opportunities subcommittee on oversight and investigations included criticism of school-based condom distribution programs and sex education. rep. peter hoekstra (r-mi) led the hearings and stated that witnesses would examine the roles parents and students play in transmitting values to children. the human rights campaign charged that most of the invited witnesses were part of an anti-gay campaign directed by louis sheldon, a califor ... | 1995 | 11362960 |
| court voids $275,000 award because plaintiff died on appeal. | the california court of appeals denied the family of a deceased man from pursuing emotional distress damages because the plaintiff died before the appeal process was completed. joseph a. sullivan, a former delta air lines employee, sued the company for a variety of violations, including breach of confidentiality and unlawful discrimination based on his hiv status. a jury awarded sullivan $275,000 in emotional distress damages, but decided in favor of delta on three other counts. delta appealed, ... | 1996 | 11363285 |
| calif. mobile home park sued for trying to eject man with aids. | the u.s. justice department sued a california mobile home park for refusing to allow a man living with aids to continue living there under his mother's care. the huntington shorecliffs mobile home park refused to waive its residency rules and tried to evict the mother. u.s. attorney nora m. manella alleges that the mobile home park violated the fair housing act by discriminating on the basis of disability. | 1996 | 11363580 |
| man with aids can stay despite minimum-age rule. | a woman in california won a lawsuit against the mobile home park association for trying to evict her for having her aids-infected son living with her. the park had waived its residency requirements in the past for other lengthy stays for medical or financial hardships, but refused to do so in this case. federal law prohibits anyone losing their housing due to prejudice against people with disabling conditions. | 1996 | 11364070 |
| life sentence sought. | humboldt county (ca) district attorney terry farmer is seeking a life sentence without the possibility of parole for an hiv-positive man. thomas m. fox may be convicted on charges of murder, child abuse, administering drugs to commit a felony, and using minors to produce pornography. an 11-year-old boy was believed to be a victim in fox's child pornography scheme. the boy's body was found dumped on a rural road. police found a cache of pornographic pictures of young boys in fox's apartment. | 1997 | 11364163 |
| employer loses bid to force insurer to pay in bias suit. | educational testing services (ets) tried to force its insurer, liberty mutual fire insurance company, to reimburse it for money paid to settle a lawsuit brought by frank vincent perrault, a california man fired in 1990. a u.s. district judge ruled that because perrault claimed he was fired due to his hiv status, liberty mutual was not liable. the discriminatory conduct alleged by perrault fell outside the scope of the insurance that ets had purchased. in 1991, shortly after perrault sued, ets ma ... | 1997 | 11364346 |
| thorny issues confront california lawmakers in 1998. | when the california legislature reconvenes in january 1998 it will consider bills that were not resolved during the 1997 session. senate bill 705 makes it a felony for a person to intentionally infect another person with hiv through sexual activity. the current version of s.b. 705 only punishes those who intend to expose others to hiv through unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse. senate bill 885 would waive california's ban on nonprescription use of syringes and create a government-sanctioned ... | 1997 | 11364783 |
| infected sex partner wins dismissal of assault charges. | the california court of appeals ruled that a man who had unprotected intercourse with an underage female without disclosing his positive hiv status cannot be charged with aggravated assault. the court determined that prosecutors did not prove that the risk of hiv transmission from one act of unprotected heterosexual sex fell within california's definition of aggravated assault. the defendant, dennis guevara, will face trial on four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, one count of failing to r ... | 1998 | 11364962 |
| suit alleges pharmacist told man's family about his hiv diagnosis. | longs pharmacy is being sued for invasion of privacy, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and violations of state medical disclosure laws by a man whose hiv status was revealed to others. the suit alleges that the pharmacist asked the man's ex-wife if she wanted to pick up his prescriptions, and when she asked what they were for, he told her the prescriptions were for aids. the woman was distraught, and filed papers in family court to limit his custody rights. the action is pending. earl ... | 1998 | 11365095 |
| california revamps policy for aids education in schools. | california now requires school districts to notify parents or guardians, and receive their consent, before pupils receive education on hiv or human sexuality. any instruction that is arranged for outside of the curriculum, such as a guest speaker, must be disclosed to parents or guardians for their review, prior to the additional instruction. the curriculum should provide the most current information from federal public health officials, including emphasizing monogamy or avoidance of multiple se ... | 1998 | 11365752 |
| pharmacy settles suit. | a suit was filed by an hiv-positive man against a pharmacy that inadvertently disclosed his hiv status to his ex-wife and children. his ex-wife tried to use the information in a custody battle for their two children. the suit against the pharmacy was settled, but the terms of the settlement remain confidential. | 1998 | 11365933 |
| coburn presses hhs to enforce spousal notification law. department of health and human services. | representative tom coburn of oklahoma is demanding that the department of health and human services (hhs) investigate whether states are making good-faith efforts to comply with the spousal notification programs mandated by the ryan white care act amendments. coburn is threatening legal action to compel enforcement of the provision. when congress reauthorized the notification program in 1996, they added language that barred hhs from awarding grants to a state unless it attempted to notify spouse ... | 1998 | 11365953 |
| bogus test kits. | a california man, larry c. greene, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison after being convicted of marketing phony hiv home test kits. greene's sentence was the maximum allowed. u.s. district judge robert e. coyle said greene showed no remorse for the emotional harm he caused to his customers. greene marketed the kits through the internet and more than 30 local pharmacies. he claimed the kits were "confidential, safe, accurate, and easy to use". the food and drug administration (fda) recal ... | 1999 | 11366389 |
| lawsuit settled. | taco bell inc. settled a lawsuit by a california man claiming wrongful discharge because of his hiv infection and sexual orientation. terms were not disclosed, but the suit by the late ray martinez (and continued by his mother) sought $32,000 in back pay. the suit alleged that martinez was fired after his superiors learned his hiv status. the company claimed martinez was not performing his duties. | 1999 | 11366448 |
| fighting for their lives: human rights abuses of hiv + incarcerated women. | even though the number of hiv-positive individuals in u.s. prisons has grown, federal and state departments of corrections do not have comprehensive hiv treatment or education programs. in march 1999, amnesty international launched a campaign against medical neglect in u.s. women's prisons and jails. the story of an hiv-positive inmate and her struggle to receive the proper care and treatment for her condition are detailed. contact information is provided. | 1999 | 11366854 |
| stop the abuse of hiv+ women prisoners at chowchilla. | a change in the way the central california women's facility (ccwf) in chowchilla distributes hiv medications has sparked a new crisis for its prisoners. before the change, hiv-positive women received a monthly supply of pills, and could dose privately in their cells. now the women must stand outside in a pill call line three times per day, where they are "observed" receiving and taking their medications. because the prison's new medication administration schedule does not correlate to some presc ... | 1999 | 11366855 |
| sex offender targeted. | residents from a fresno california neighborhood are protesting outside the home of an hiv-positive rapist released from a state mental hospital. the man, convicted of two rapes, has been hiv positive since 1986 and is not taking any medications, according to various sources. the residents say they plan to protest until he leaves in order to protect their children. however, it is illegal to harass a sex offender based on information the police release. | 1999 | 11367145 |
| incidence of hiv among injection drug users entering drug treatment programs in four us cities. | we estimated seroincidence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and prevalence of risk behaviors among injection drug users (idus) who accepted voluntary hiv testing on entry to drug treatment. record-based incidence studies were conducted in 12 drug treatment programs in new york city (n = 890); newark, new jersey (n = 521); seattle, washington (n = 1,256); and los angeles, california (n = 733). records of confidential hiv tests were abstracted for information on demographics, drug use, and hi ... | 2001 | 11368194 |
| differences in the temporal trends of hiv seroincidence and seroprevalence among sexually transmitted disease clinic patients, 1989-1998: application of the serologic testing algorithm for recent hiv seroconversion. | the authors compared temporal trends in the prevalence and incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection based upon 34,866 specimens from patients who attended the san francisco, california, municipal sexually transmitted disease clinic between 1989 and 1998. hiv infection data were collected during annual blinded hiv serologic surveys. incidence was determined by applying a serologic testing algorithm for recent hiv seroconversion that uses both a sensitive and a less sensitive enzy ... | 2001 | 11384946 |
| accuracy of self-reports of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related conditions in women. | to investigate the validity of self-reported acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) among women enrolled in a prospective study of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection, the authors compared the self-reported occurrence of aids-specific diagnoses with aids diagnoses documented by county aids surveillance registries. also examined was the association between participant characteristics and the validity of self-reports. among the 339 hiv-infected participants in the northern california w ... | 2001 | 11390333 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| risk factors for pet evacuation failure after a slow-onset disaster. | to determine risk factors for pet evacuation failure during a flood. | 2001 | 11417734 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| the history man. | | 2001 | 11459027 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| eugenic science in california: the papers of e. s. gosney and the human betterment foundation. | | 1996 | 11618893 |
| 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 |
| public policy symposium: the legal, ethical, and economic impact of patient material used for product development in the biomedical industry. | | 1985 | 11643828 |
| if it's research, it must be reviewed: an nih reprimand. | | 1986 | 11643913 |
| 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 |
| tarasoff and the researcher: does the duty to protect apply in the research setting? | | 1989 | 11644381 |
| us researchers fail to get informed consent. | | 1994 | 11644521 |
| legal trends in bioethics. | | 1997 | 11645037 |
| u.s. doctors want no part in executions. | | 1998 | 11645105 |
| brave new babies. | | 1993 | 11645229 |
| body parts: property rights and the ownership of human biological materials, by e. richard gold. | | 1997 | 11645355 |
| 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 |
| in response: speaking truth to historiography. | | 1997 | 11645854 |
| transplant: urgent step or step off the edge? | | 1996 | 11646330 |
| ruling renews fears of limits on research. | | 1988 | 11646695 |
| medical ethics in the dock. | | 1994 | 11647023 |
| when doctors and patients decide to test the far limits of treatment. | | 1995 | 11647096 |
| a doctor's drug studies turn into fraud. | | 1999 | 11647660 |
| new policy adopted on the use of babies as donors of organs. | | 1987 | 11647839 |
| secret nuclear research on people comes to light. | | 1993 | 11647944 |
| agency faults a u.c.l.a. study for suffering of mental patients. | | 1994 | 11647969 |
| 15 vials of sperm: the unusual bequest of an even more unusual man. | | 1994 | 11647973 |
| consensus on ethics in research is elusive. | | 1995 | 11647995 |
| fertility clinic told to close amid complaints. | | 1995 | 11647997 |
| 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 |
| regulating the sale of human organs. | | 1985 | 11649755 |
| let no one split asunder: controversy in human genetic engineering. | | 1987 | 11650017 |
| 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 |
| cells, sales, and royalties: the patient's right to a portion of the profits. | | 1988 | 11650242 |
| 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 |
| source compensation for tissues and cells used in biotechnical research: why a source shouldn't share in the profits. | | 1989 | 11650898 |
| bailment and donation of parts of the human body. | | 1989 | 11650943 |
| the use of anencephalic organ donors: lesson of baby theresa ann. | | 1992 | 11651399 |
| controlling conflicts of interest in the doctor-patient relationship: lessons from moore v. regents of the university of california. | | 1991 | 11651440 |
| legislative guidelines to govern in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. | | 1986 | 11651873 |
| norplant use in conjunction with the welfare system. | | 1993 | 11652714 |
| euthanasia, the gentle death: a legal and ethical prospectus on the right to die. | | 1992 | 11652938 |
| 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 |
| whose tissues are they anyway? a proposal for state ownership of the human body and its parts. | | 1994 | 11654296 |
| when does life begin...or end? the california supreme court redefines murder in people v. davis. | | 1994 | 11654736 |
| "he wants to do what?" cryonics: issues in questionable medicine and self-determination. | | 1992 | 11654757 |
| physicians and euthanasia. | | 1988 | 11654768 |
| from the editors. | | 1997 | 11654796 |
| of medicine, race, and american law: the bubonic plague outbreak of 1900. | | 1988 | 11654893 |
| sacred or for sale? the human body in the age of biotechnology. | | 1990 | 11654932 |
| second thoughts about u.s. patent #4,438,032. | | 1997 | 11655049 |
| sperm as property. | | 1995 | 11655140 |
| california wants aids test on organs. | | 1985 | 11655691 |
| surgeons want the organs of babies 'born brainless' | | 1986 | 11655800 |