{"id":28,"date":"2008-10-30T11:19:46","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T10:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/?p=28"},"modified":"2008-10-30T11:19:46","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T10:19:46","slug":"bioethics-briefing-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/2008\/10\/30\/bioethics-briefing-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Bioethics Briefing Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hastings Center has produced <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehastingscenter.org\/Publications\/BriefingBook\/Default.aspx\">Birth to Death and Bench to Clinic: The Hastings Center Bioethics Briefing Book for Journalists, Policymakers, and Campaigns<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It contains 36 overviews of issues in bioethics of high public interest, such as abortion, health care reform, human and sports enhancement, organ transplantation, personalized medicine, medical error, and stem cells. The chapters, written by leading ethicists, are nonpartisan, presenting reasonable considerations from various perspectives that are grounded in good scientific and ethical facts. They each include recent news stories, clickable experts to contact, linked resources, and (where available) recent legislation and campaign positions. Greater detail on how to use the book is in the introduction. The three framing essays offer valuable insights into the historical and increasing relevance of bioethics to public policy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is freely available and each chapter can be accessed both online and as pdfs. 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