title: Ethics.
abstract: For the first time, a National Institutes of Health advisory panel approved funding for the production of human embryos for research purposes. Oregon voters approved a Death With Dignity Act that empowers physicians to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients.
authors.affiliation: Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D028661:Complicity; D033041:Embryo Research; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D012106:Research / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D035845:Research Embryo Creation; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D026712:Value of Life