March 26, 1999

Academe Should Support New Guidelines to Protect Mentally Ill Research Subjects

By R. ALTA CHARO

In January, the National Bioethics Advisory Commission delivered to President Clinton a series of recommendations for changes in how research should be conducted on people whose mental illnesses impair their ability to make decisions. The recommendations are available on the World-Wide Web (http://www.bioethics.gov). It is now up to the President, in consultation with affected federal departments, to decide whether

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