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THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON BIOETHICS—REQUIESCAT IN PACE
Article first published online: 18 MAY 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2010.00426.x
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Green, R. M. (2010), THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON BIOETHICS—REQUIESCAT IN PACE. Journal of Religious Ethics, 38: 197–218. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2010.00426.x
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Keywords:
- public bioethics commissions;
- President's Council on Bioethics (U.S.)
ABSTRACT
In mid-June 2009, the Obama administration dissolved the President's Council on Bioethics (PCBE), a group established by President George W. Bush in August 2001 and whose nearly eight-year life was marked from beginning to end by controversy. While some will regret the PCBE's passing, others will regard the Council as a failed experiment in doing public bioethics.