World Wide Web site: http://eubios.info/index.html
Topical list of News in Bioethics and Biotechnology
List is complete 1991 -Sept 1996, in 31 topics. News from 1991-1993 are in the OLD news files, and from 1994 in the NEW files.
65-66 Editorial - Is bioethics about clones or relationships? - Darryl Macer
67-68 Some ethical issues of cloning - Masahiro Morioka
68 Commentary on Morioka - Munawar A. Anees
69-71 Appeal for Comments on Ethical Case Histories - Raymond Richard Neutra, John Goldsmith
72-73 Medicine and Philosophy (China) on WWW
73-77 Establishment of High School Bioethics Education Network - Yukiko Asada & Darryl Macer
77 Obituary - Benjamin Freedman - Shimon Glick
94-95 Bioethics in India Book Contents (book on-line in mid-May)
Forthcoming Eubios book:
Bioethics in India: Proceedings of the International Bioethics Workshop in Madras: Biomanagement of Biogeo-resources, 16-19 Jan. 1997, University of Madras. Editors, Jayapaul Azariah, Hilda Azariah & Darryl R.J. Macer.
Christchurch, N.Z. : Eubios Ethics Institute Copyright 1997. 400pp.
ISBN 0-908897-10-3 Hard copy to b published soon.
Cost: US $25 UK 18pds C $30 A $30 NZ $30 (in NZ) Y3000 (postal transfer) For payment by credit card NZ$40.
Prof. Donald Chalmers
Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania
GPO Box 25289, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, AUSTRALIA
Fax: Int+61-3-6226-7568 Email:Don.Chalmers@law.utas.edu.au
Mr Masahiro Morioka
Integrated Arts and Sciences, Osaka Prefectural University,
Gakuencho, Sakai, Osaka 593, Japan
Tel: Int+81-722-52-1161 Fax: Int+81-722-55-2981
Email: PBI01055@niftyserve.or.jp
Dr Harpal Singh Sangwan
House No. 1074, Sector 15 A, Housing Board Colony
HISAR-125 001 (Haryana), INDIA
Tel: Int+91-11-2246508 Fax: Int+91-11-2458742
Interests: Genetics, Biotechnology, Bioethics, Universal human rights, patenting.
A case study on cloning for education is on the Access Excellence site
A list of bioethics organizations and links to some is provided by the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics At the University of Chicago
Experimental Animal Regulation in Japan is available from the Institute of Experimental Animal Sciences (IEXAS) of Osaka University Medical School,
Questionnaire for Physicians
Katrina Bramstedt, a graduate student at Loma Linda University is seeking data for a research project regarding truth-telling. If you would like to send comments on the following questions please send to her by Email (katgirl@ix.netcom.com).
1. As a PHYSICIAN, would you disclose the full diagnosis and prognosis to a terminally ill patient? YES/NO.
2. As a patient, would you want to know your full diagnosis and prognosis? YES/NO
3. Please indicate your Age; Gender; Medical Specialty; Country of Practice.
Japanese Bioethics Conferences in Nov 1997 (abstract deadline extended to June 1997)
The deadline for letter submission (and news) to the next issue is 7 July, 1997.