Advisory Council Reports

National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research

• Research on the Fetus (1975)
• Research Involving Prisoners (1976)
• Research Involving Children (1977)
• Disclosure of Research Information Under the Freedom of Information Act (April 1977)
• The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1979)

President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research

• Protecting Human Subjects (1981)
• Whistleblowing in Biomedical Research (1981)
• IRB Guidebook (1981)
• Compensating for Research Injuries (1982)

Ethics Advisory Board

• HEW Support of Research Involving Human In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer: Report and Conclusions (1979)

Human Embryo Research Panel (National Institutes of Health)

• Volume 1 (Sept 1994)
• Volume 2 (Sept 1994)

National Bioethics Advisory Commission

• Research Involving Persons with Mental Disorders That May Affect Decisionmaking Capacity:
  • Volume 1: Final Report (Dec 1998)
  • Volume 2: Commissioned Papers (March 1999)
• Research Involving Human Biological Materials: Ethical Issues and Policy Guidance:
  • Volume 1: Final Report (Dec 1998)
  • Volume 2: Commissioned Papers (March 1999)
• Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research:
  • Volume 1: Report and Recommendations of the NBAC (Sept 1999)
  • Volume 2: Commissioned Papers (Jan 2000)
  • Volume 3: Religious Perspectives (June 2000)
• Ethical and Policy Issues in International Research: Clinical Trials in Developing Countries (April 2001)
• Ethical and Policy Issues in Research Involving Human Participants:
  • Volume I (Aug 2001)
  • Volume II (Aug 2001)

The President's Council on Bioethics

• Research Ethics

Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

• Interim Report (1994)
• Final Report (1995)

NIH-DOE Joint Working Group on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Human Genome Research

• ELSI Working Group