Past Commissions and Advisory Boards
This Appendix is an expansion of the background information on some of the past commissions and advisory boards that have served to consider social, ethical, or legal issues related to advances in biomedicine. These are the:
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Ethics Advisory Board of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW);
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National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (National Commission);
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President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research (President's Commission);
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NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee;
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Working Group on Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project (ELSI Working Group);
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Biomedical Ethics Advisory Committee;
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New York State Task Force on Life and the Law; and
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New Jersey Bioethics Commission.
ETHICS ADVISORY BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE (DHEW)
Dates of operation: 1978-1980
Sponsorship/appointing authority: DHEW Secretary
Function: to consult on all DHEW programs and policies, review of waiver submissions for proposals of fetal research potentially exceeding existing standards of risk, and advise the DHEW Secretary regarding such projects' approval or disapproval
Scope: DHEW only
Membership characteristics: rotating; included attorneys, theologians, and physicians
Members:
Chairman
James C. Gaither, J.D. Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleson and Tatum San Francisco, California
Vice Chairman
David A. Hamburg, M.D. President, Carnegie Corporation of New York Member, Institute of Medicine
Members
Sissela Bok, Ph.D. Lecturer in Medical Ethics Harvard University
Jack T. Conway Senior Vice President United Way of America Washington, D.C.
Henry W. Foster, M.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Meharry Medical College
Donald A. Henderson, M.D. Dean, School of Hygiene and Public Health Johns Hopkins University
Maurice Lazarus Chairman, Finance Committee Federated Department Stores, Inc. Boston, Massachusetts
Richard A. McCormick, S.T.D. Professor of Christian Ethics Kennedy Institute for the Study of Reproduction and Bioethics Georgetown University Washington, D.C.
Robert F. Murray, M.D. Chief, Division of Medical Genetics College of Medicine Howard University
Mitchell W. Spellman, M.D. Dean for Medical Services and Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School
Daniel C. Tosteson, M.D. Dean, Harvard Medical School
Agnes N. Williams, LL.B. Potomac, Maryland
Eugene M. Zwieback, M.D. Surgeon in Private Practice Omaha, Nebraska
Report:
Report and Conclusions: Support of Research Involving Human In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer, 1979
THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS OF BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH (NATIONAL COMMISSION)
Dates of operation: 1974-1978
Sponsorship/appointing authority: U.S. Congress (under National
Research Act of 1974, P.L. 93-348); appointments made by the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW)
Function: to identify basic ethical principles that should underlie the conduct of biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects, develop guidelines that should be followed in such research to assure that it is conducted in accordance with such principles, and make recommendations to the DHEW Secretary regarding the development of regulations
Scope: limited to research conducted or funded by the DHEW, study topics were congressionally mandated
Membership characteristics: 5 scientists, 3 lawyers, 2 ethicists, and 1 social worker
Members:
Chairperson
Kenneth J. Ryan, M.D. Chief of Staff Boston Hospital for Women
Members
Joseph V. Brady, Ph.D. Professor of Behavioral Biology Johns Hopkins University
Robert E. Cooke, M.D. President Medical College of Pennsylvania
Dorothy I. Height President National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
Albert R.Jonsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Bioethics University of California, San Francisco
Patricia King, J.D. Associate Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center
Karen Lebacqz, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Christian Ethics Pacific School of Religion
David W. Louisell, J.D. Professor of Law University of California, Berkeley
Donald W. Seldin, M.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Internal Medicine University of Texas at Dallas
Eliot Stellar, Ph.D. Provost of the University Professor of Physiological Psychology University of Pennsylvania
Robert H. Turtle, LL.B. Attorney VomBaur, Coburn, Simmons & Turtle Washington, D.C.
Reports:
Report and Recommendations: Research on the Fetus, 1975
Appendix to Report and Recommendations: Research on the Fetus, 1975
Proceedings of the March 14-15, 1975 Meeting
The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research, 1978
Appendix (Volumes I and II) to The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research, 1978
Report and Recommendations: Research Involving Prisoners, 1976
Appendix to Report and Recommendations: Research Involving Prisoners, 1976
Report and Recommendations: Research Involving Children, 1977
Appendix to Report and Recommendations: Research Involving Children, 1977
Report and Recommendations: Psychosurgery, 1977
Appendix to Report and Recommendations: Psychosurgery, 1977
Disclosure of Research Information Under the Freedom of Information Act, 1977
Report and Recommendations: Special Study: Implications of Advances in Biomedical and Behavioral Research, 1978
Report and Recommendations: Research Involving Those Institutionalized as Mentally Infirm, 1978
Appendix to Report and Recommendations: Research Involving Those Institutionalized as Mentally Infirm, 1978
Report and Recommendations: Institutional Review Boards, 1978
Appendix to Report and Recommendations: Institutional Review Boards, 1978
Report and Recommendations: Ethical Guidelines for Delivery of Health Services by DHEW, 1978
Appendix to Report and Recommendations: Ethical Guidelines for Delivery of Health Services by DHEW, 1978
PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF ETHICAL PROBLEMS IN MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH (PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION)
Dates of Operation: January 1980-March 1983
Sponsorship/appointing authority: U.S. Congress (under: Biomedical Research and Training Amendments of 1978, P.L. 95-622); appointments made by the President
Function: to advise the President and Congress on bioethical issues
Scope: report topics mandated by Congress, but commission also had authority to undertake studies upon its own initiative
Membership characteristics: rotating; as specified by law, there were 11 active commissioners at a time, 3 of whom were active in the practice of medicine, 3 biomedical or behavioral researchers, and 5 members from other fields
Members:
Chairman
Morris B. Abram, J.D., L.L.D. New York, New York (July 1979-March 1983)
Members
H. Thomas Ballantine, Jr., M.D., M.S., D.Sc. Harvard Medical School (Aug. 1982-March 1983)
George R. Dunlop, M.D. University of Massachusetts (Feb. 1982-March 1983)
Renee C. Fox, Ph.D., D.H.L. University of Pennsylvania (July 1979-Feb. 1982)
Mario Garcia-Palmieri, M.D. University of Puerto Rico (July 1979-Aug. 1982)
Franes K. Graham, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin (May 1980-Jan. 1982)
Bruce Kelton Jacobson, M.D. Southwestern Medical School Fort Worth, Texas (Aug. 1982-March 1983)
Albert R. Jonsen, S.T.M., Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco (July 1979-Aug. 1982)
Patricia A. King, J.D. Georgetown University (July 1979-May 1980)
Mathilde Krim, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (July 1979-Oct. 1981)
Donald N. Medearis, M.D. Harvard University (July 1979-Feb. 1982)
John J. Moran, B.S. Houston, Texas (Aug. 1982-March 1983)
Arno G. Motulsky, M.D. University of Washington (July 1979-March 1983)
Daher B. Rahi, D.O. St. Clair Shores, Michigan (Feb. 1982-March 1983)
Fritz C. Redlich, M.D. University of California, Los Angeles (July 1979-Feb. 1980)
Anne A. Scitovsky, M.A. Palo Alto Medical Research Foundation (July 1979-Aug. 1982)
Seymour Siegel, D.H.L. Jewish Theological Seminary New York, New York (Feb. 1982-March 1983)
Lynda Hare Smith, B.S. Colorado Springs, Colorado (March 1982-March 1983)
Kay Toma, M.D. Bell, California (Aug. 1982-March 1983)
Charles J. Walker, M.D. Nashville, Tennessee (July 1979-March 1983)
Carolyn A. Williams, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Sept. 1980-Aug. 1982)
Executive Director
Alexander Morgan Capron, LL.B. (Dec. 1979-March 1983)
Deputy Director
Barbara Mishkin, M.A., J.D. (Jan. 1980-Jan. 1983)
Assistant Directors
MEDICINE
Joanne Lynn, M.D., M.A. (Jan. 1981-March 1983)
LAW
Alan Meisel, J.D. (Aug, 1982-Dec. 1982)
Alan J. Weisbard, J.D. (Jan. 1980-Aug. 1982)
Professional Staff
ECONOMICS
Mary Ann Baily, Ph.D. (March 1980-Feb. 1983)
ETHICS
Dan Brock, Ph.D. (July 1981-July 1982)
Allen Buchanan, Ph.D. (Jan. 1982-Dec. 1982)
HEALTH POLICY
Kathryn Kelly, M.S., M.S.W. (Oct. 1981-Dec. 1982)
Susan Morgan (Feb. 1981-Feb. 1983)
SOCIOLOGY
Marian Osterweiss, Ph.D. (Jan. 1981-Jan. 1983)
PUBLIC HEALTH
Renie Schapiro, M.P.H. (March 1980-Feb. 1983)
ETHICS
Daniel Wikler, Ph.D. (Sept. 1980-Aug. 1981)
Continuing Consultants
SOCIOLOGY
Bradford H. Gray, Ph.D. (Aug. 1981-Dec. 1982)
ETHICS
Dorothy E. Vawter (March 1980-Feb. 1983)
Reports:
Defining Death: A Report on the Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues in the Determination of Death, 1981
Protecting Human Subjects: The Adequacy and Uniformity of Federal Rules and their Implementation, 1981
Whistleblowing in Biomedical Research: Policies and Procedures for Responding to Reports of Misconduct, 1981
Making Health Care Decisions: A Report on the Ethical and Legal Implications of Informed Consent in the Patient-Practitioner Relationship. Volume 1: Report, 1982
Making Health Care Decisions: A Report on the Ethical and Legal Implications of Informed Consent in the Patient-Practitioner Relationship. Volume 2: Appendices, Empirical Studies of Informed Consent, 1982
Making Health Care Decisions: A Report on the Ethical and Legal Implications of Informed Consent in the Patient-Practitioner Relationship. Volume 3: Appendices, Studies of the Foundations of Informed Consent, 1982
Splicing Life: A Report on the Social and Ethical Issues of Genetic Engineering with Human Beings, 1982
Compensating for Research Injuries: The Ethical and Legal Implications for Programs to Redress Injured Subjects, 1982
Deciding to Forego Life-Sustaining Treatment: A Report on the Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues in Treatment Decisions, 1983
Implementing Human Research Regulations: Second Biennial Report of the Adequacy and Uniformity of Federal Rules and Policies, and of their Implementation, for the Protection of Human Subjects, 1983
Screening and Counseling for Genetic Conditions: The Ethical, Social, and Legal Implications of Genetic Screening, Counseling, and Education Programs, 1983
Securing Access to Health Care: The Ethical Implications of Differences in the Availability of Health Services. Volume 1: Report, 1983
Securing Access to Health Care: The Ethical Implications of Differences in the Availability of Health Services. Volume 2: Appendices, Socio cultural and Philosophical Studies, 1983
Securing Access to Health Care: The Ethical Implications of Differences in the Availability of Health Services. Volume 3: Appendices, Empirical, Legal, and Conceptual Studies, 1983
Summing Up: Final Report on Studies of the Ethical and Legal Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, 1983
NIH RECOMBINANT DNA ADVISORY PANEL
Dates of operation: authorized in February 1975, ongoing
Sponsorship/appointing authority: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, National Institutes of Health, Office of Recombinant DNA Activities
Function: to provide guidance to the NIH on issues in the field of recombinant DNA research, review protocols for federally funded recombinant DNA research, and develop guidelines for the conduct of this research
Scope: research conducted or supported by the NIH
Membership characteristics: size has ranged from 15 to 40 members;
today RDAC has 24 members, including lawyers, ethicists, political scientists, researchers, and clinicians
Members:
Chairman
LeRoy B. Walters, Ph.D. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Georgetown University Washington, D.C.
Members
Constance E. Brinckerhoff, Ph.D. Dartmouth Medical School Hanover, New Hampshire
Nancy L. Buc, L.L.B. Well, Gotshal, and Manges Washington, D.C.
Alexander M. Capron, L.L.B. The Law Center University of Southern California Los Angeles, California
Ira H. Carmen, Ph.D. University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois
Gary A. Chase, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland
Patricia A. DeLon, Ph.D. University of Delaware Newark, Delaware
Roy H. Doi, Ph.D. University of California Davis, California
Krishna R. Dronamraju, Ph.D. Foundation for Genetic Research Houston, Texas
E. Peter Geiduschek, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego LaJolla, California
Mariann Grossman Institute of Human Gene Therapy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Robert Haselkorn, Ph.D. University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois
Susan S. Hirano, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
Donald J. Krogstad, M.D. Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana
Abbey S. Meyers National Organization for Rare Disorders New Fairfield, Connecticut
Dusty A. Miller, Ph.D. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, Washington
Arno G. Motulsky, M.D. University of Washington Medical School Seattle, Washington
Robertson Parkman, M.D. Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
Leonard E. Post, Ph.D. Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Division Ann Arbor, Michigan
Marian G. Secundy, Ph.D. Howard University College of Medicine Washington, D.C.
Brian R. Smith, M.D. Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut
Stephen E. Straus, M.D. National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland
Doris T. Zallen, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia
Executive Secretary
Nelson A.Wivel, M.D. Office of Recombinant DNA Activities National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland
Reports:
Points to Consider in the Design and Submission of Human Somatic-Cell Gene Therapy Protocols, 1985 (Human Gene Therapy Subcommittee)
WORKING GROUP ON ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT (ELSI WORKING GROUP)
Dates of operation: 1988, ongoing
Sponsorship/appointing authority: NIH Center for Human Genome Research and the Department of Energy
Function: to stimulate research on issues through grant making; to refine the research agenda through workshops, commissioned papers, and invited lectures; to solicit public input through town meetings and public testimony; to support the development of educational materials; to encourage international collaboration in this area. In terms of policy-making, the goals of the ELSI Working Group are to clarify the ethical, legal, and social consequences of mapping and sequencing the human genome through a program of targeted research; to develop policy options at professional, institutional, governmental, and societal levels to ensure that genetic information is used to maximize the benefit to individuals and society; to improve understanding of the issues and policy options through educational initiatives at public, professional, and policy-making levels; and, to stimulate public discussion of the issues and policy options.
Scope: all social, legal, and ethical issues relating to the Human Genome Project
Membership characteristics: with the exception of the chairperson, members are ad hoc technical consultants representing basic and clinical genetics, law, and ethics
Members:
Chairperson
Nancy Wexler, Ph.D. Hereditary Disease Foundation, and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University New York
Members
Jonathan Beckwith, Ph.D. Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
Robert Cook-Deegan, M.D. Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences Washington, D.C.
Patricia King,J.D. Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center Washington, D.C.
Victor McKusick, M.D. Division of Medical Genetics Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland
Robert F. Murray, Jr., M.D. Department of Pediatrics Howard University College of Medicine Washington, D.C.
Thomas H. Murray, Ph.D. Center for Biomedical Ethics School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio
THE BIOMEDICAL ETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (BEAC)
Dates of operation: September 1988-September 1989
Sponsorship/appointing authority: Congressional Biomedical Ethics Board (BEB); (under Health Research Extension Act, May 1985)
Function: to study and report to Congress on a continuing basis on ethical issues arising from health care delivery and biomedical and behavioral research
Scope: mandated by BEB; first three reports mandated were on (1) implications of human genetic engineering, (2) fetal research, and (3) nutrition and hydration in dying patients
Membership characteristics: 14 members appointed from the fields of law, ethics, biomedical research, and clinical care, including two lay members; appointment process took almost two and a half years
Members:
Julianne Beckett Associate Director for Consumer Affairs National Maternal and Child Health Resource Center University of Iowa
James Bopp,Jr. Esq. Brames, McCormick, Bopp & Abel Terre Haute, Indiana
Watson Allen Bowes,Jr., M.D. Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Alexander Morgan Capron University Professor of Law, Medicine and Public Policy The Law Center University of Southern California
Christine K. Cassel, M.D., F.A.C.P. Chief, Section of Internal Medicine Pritzker School of Medicine University of Chicago
James Franklin Childress, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Religious Studies University of Virginia
Theodore Friedmann. M.D. Center for Genetics Department of Pediatrics University of California School of Medicine San Diego
Ms. Sylvia Drew Ivie Executive Director T.H.E. Clinic for Women, Inc. Los Angeles, California
Reverend Donald G. McCarthy, Ph.D. Church of Saint Antoninus Cincinnati, Ohio
Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D. Director, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Georgetown University Washington, D.C.
Kenneth N. Rosenbaum, M.D. Childrens' Hospital National Medical Center Washington, D.C.
Kenneth John Ryan, M.D. Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Stanley Burton Troup, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Health Care, and Human Values Department of Internal Medicine University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Members of Congressional Bioethics Board
SENATE MEMBERS
Albert Gore (D-TN), Vice Chair Dale Bumpers (D-AK) David Durenberger (R-MN)
Gordon Humphrey (R-NH)
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
Lowell Weiker (R-CT)*
HOUSE MEMBERS
Willis Gradison (R-OH), Chair
Thomas Bliley (R-VA) Thomas Luken (D-OH)
J. Roy Rowland (D-GA)
Thomas Tauke (R-IA)
Henry Waxman (D-CA)
NEW YORK STATE TASK FORCE ON LIFE AND THE LAW
Dates of operation: March, 1985 to present
Sponsorship/appointing authority: New York Governor Mario Cuomo
Function: to develop recommendations for New York State public policy (in the form of proposed legislation, regulation, public education, and other measures) on a wide range of issues arising from recent advances in medical technology; reports seek to inform and focus public debate
Scope: such issues as the determination of death, the withdrawal and withholding of life-sustaining treatment, new reproductive technologies (artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization), surrogate parenting, the treatment of disabled newborns, organ transplantation, and, in a more limited context, abortion
Membership characteristics: 25 members; includes prominent physicians, nurses, lawyers, academics, and representatives of numerous religious communities
Members:
Karl Adler, M.D. Dean, New York Medical College
Richard J. Concannon, Esq. Kelley, Drye & Warren
Karl Adler, M.D. Dean, New York Medical College
Rev. Msgr. John A Alesandro Chancellor, Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Center
John Arras, Ph.D. Clinical Associate Professor of Bioethics Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center
Mario L. Baeza, Esq. Debevoise & plimpton
The Right Rev. David Ball Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Albany
Rabbi J. David Bleich Professor of Talmud, Yeshiva University Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics Benjamin Cardozo School of Law
Evan Calkins, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Emeritus SUNY Buffalo
Richard J. Concannon, Esq. Kelley, Drye & Warren
Myron W. Conovitz, M.D. Attending Physician, North Shore University Hospital Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Cornell University Medical College
Saul J. Farber, M.D. Dean and Provost Chairman, Department of Medicine New York University School of Medicine
Alan R. Fleishman, M.D. Director, Division of Neonatology Albert Einstein College of Medicine montefiore Medical Center
Samuel Gorovitz, Ph.D. Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Philosophy Syracuse University
Jane Greenlaw,J.D., R.N. Director, Division of Medical Humanities University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Beatrix A. Hamburg, M.D. Chairman, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Denise Hanlon, R.N., M.S. Clinical Specialist Rehabilitation and Gerontology SUNY Buffalo, School of Nursing
Rev. Donald W. McKinney First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn Chairman Emeritus, Choice in Dying
Maria I. New, M.D. Chief, Department of Pediatrics New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center
JohnJ. Regan,J.S.D. Professor of Law Hofstra University School of Law
Rabbi A. James Rudin National Director of Interreligious Affairs The American Jewish Committee
Rev. Betty Bone Schiess Episcopal Diocese of Central New York
Barbara Shack The New York Civil Liberties Union
Rev. Robert S. Smith Director, Institute for Medicine in Contemporary Society SUNY Health Science Center at Stony Brook
Elizabeth W. Stack Commissioner, New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Retarded
Reports:
The Required Request Law, March 1986
Do Not Resuscitate Orders, April 1986
The Determination of Death, July 1986
Life-Sustaining Treatments: Making Decisions and Appointing a Health Care Agent, July 1987
Transplantation in New York State: The Procurement and Distribution of Organs and Tissues, January 1988
Fetal Extrauterine Survivability, January 1988
Surrogate Parenting: Analysis and Recommendations for Public Policy, May 1988
When Others Must Choose: Deciding for Patients Without Capacity, March 1992
NEW JERSEY COMMISSION ON LEGAL AND ETHICAL PROBLEMS IN THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE
Dates of operation: 1985 to 1991
Sponsorship/appointing authority: Governor of New Jersey, New Jersey Senate President, and Speaker of the General Assembly
Function: to provide a comprehensive and scholarly examination of the impact of advancing technology on health care decisions and to recommend policies to the governor, legislature, and citizens of New Jersey
Scope: focused on three areas: surrogate motherhood, decision making about medical treatment (especially advance directives), and determination of death
Membership characteristics: 26 members, including 4 legislators, 9 representatives of executive agencies and major statewide professional and health care organizations, as well as representatives from the fields of law, medicine, nursing, science, humanities, theology, and health care administration
Members:
Chairman
Paul W. Armstrong, M.A., J.D., LL.M. Councellor at Law
Members
Sr. Jane Frances Brady President, St. Joseph's Medical Center
Thomas P. Brown, M.A. Acting Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly
The Hon. Gerald Cardinale, D.D.S. Senator-District 39
Diana Czarepuszko, R.N., L.N.H.A. Executive Director, Cheshire Home
Robert W. Deaton Director of Long Term Care Diocese of Camden
Joseph Fennelly, M.D. Vice Chairman, Bioethics Committee Medical Society of New Jersey
J. Richard Goldstein, M.D. President, Stopwatch, Inc.
Noreen Haveron, R.N., B.S.N. Assistant Nursing Supervisor Nutley Nursing Service
Lois Hull Director, Division of Aging
The Hon. C. Richard Kamin Assemblyman-District 23
Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff
Rabbi, Temple Emanu-El
The Hon. David C. Kronick Assemblyman-District 32
Paul Langevin, M.A. Assistant Commissioner for Health Facilities Evaluation
Mary K. Lindner, R.N., M.A. Senior Vice President, Patient Services and Executive Director of Nursing Overlook Hospital
Rita Martin Legislative Director NJ. Citizens Concerned for Life
Russell L. Mcintyre, Ph.D. Associate Professor (Medical Ethics) University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Patricia Ann Murphy, R.N., Ph.D. Clinical Specialist (Bereavement) Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Michael Nevina, M.D. Internist, Chairman, Bioethics Committee Pascack Valley Hospital
Sally Nunn, R.N. Chair, Bioethics Committee Shore Memorial Hospital
Robert L. Pickens, M.D. Chairman, Bioethics Committee Medical Society of New Jersey
David Rogoff, M.S. Director, Haven Hospice John F. Kennedy Medical Center
Rita Marie G. Rondum Member, State Legislative Committee American Association of Retired Persons
Mary S. Strong Chair, Citizens' Committee on Biomedical Ethics
Joseph F. Suozzo, Esq. Assistant Director of Litigation
Edward Tetalman, Esq. Assistant Commissioner for Intergovernmental Affairs
Robert S. Olick, M.A., J.D., Executive Director
Michael Vollen, M.A., Associate Director
Adrienne Asch, M.D., Ph.D., Associate in Social Science and Policy
Anne Reichman Schiff, LL.M., Associate in Law
Ellen B. Friedland, Esq. Consultant
Sally Sulphen, B.A., Administrative Assistant
Reports:
Problems and Approaches in Health Care Decision Making: The New Jersey Experience, 1990
Advance Directives for Health Care: Planning Ahead for Important Health Care Decisions, 1991
The New Jersey Advance Directives for Health Care and Death Acts: Statutes, Commentaries, and Analyses, 1991
After Baby M: The Legal, Ethical, and Social Dimensions of Surrogacy, 1992
Death and the Brain-Damaged Patient, 1992
The New Jersey Advance Directives for Health Care Act (and the Patient Self- Determination Act): A Guidebook for Health Care Professionals, 1992