US ‘should re-create national bioethics forum’

Why the National Institutes of Health should create an institute of positive biology

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world. With an annual budget currently over $31 billion, the NIH awards more than 50,000 competitive grants to thousands of researchers working in the USA and around the world. The NIH is composed of 27 distinct institutes and centers, many of which are institutes for specific diseases, such as ...

Does Forum Sentencing reduce re-offending?

Forum Sentencing is an adult-focussed restorative justice program that operates in two NSW sites: Liverpool and Tweed. Under the scheme, young adults who meet certain eligibility and suitability criteria can have their matter dealt with by way of a community conference rather than being dealt with in a conventional court setting. The aim of the current study was to determine whether offenders w...

The National Quality Forum enters the game.

Editorial The National Quality Forum enters the game Health care quality in the USA is a paradox. On the one Institute of Medicine's National Roundtable on Health Care Quality [3], by investigators at RAND after an extensive hand, the rapid dissemination of new biomedical knowledge and the widespread availability of state-of-the-art technology review of the literature [4], and by President Clin...

Should there be governmental guidelines in bioethics? The French approach.

persian gulf oil and us national security

vital importance of the energy in national and international economic development has made oil as a crucial and attractive factor for great powers. these powers have had permanent competition for establishing an oil system for securing their national interests. the persian gulf has been focal point of these competitions. after september 11, 2001, the role of oil has considered as one of the mos...