title: Human embryonic stem cell therapy.
abstract: The author presents an overview (completed on September 15, 2001) of three issues involved in the ethics of human embryonic stem cell therapy: the ethical implications of some of the scientific issues involved, the specific ethical issues of the moral standing of the early human embryo and the problem of cooperation, and a consideration of two public policy issues: should the research go forward, and what kind of health care system should the United States adopt. The author argues that the public policy questions are the most important agenda.
authors.affiliation: Department of Humanities and Arts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Shannon
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D002460:Cell Line; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D028661:Complicity; D033041:Embryo Research / Q000941:ethics*; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology*; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D005380:Financing, Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D010330:Patents as Topic; D010380:Peer Review; D011640:Public Policy; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012935:Social Justice; D013234:Stem Cells; D014481:United States