title: Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Policy Analysis.
abstract: Many health care issues generate minimal passion, promoting benign commentary and support from the various stakeholders involved. Stem cell research does not fall into this category, and on the contrary, embryonic stem cell (ESC) research has continued to foster controversy and emotion. Since 1998, which marked the first successful laboratory isolation of ESCs, this research continues to ignite moral, ethical, and legal debate over its efficacy. The focus of this policy analysis is to introduce the issues, examine and address the various perspectives that surround ESC research, and present policy options and/or solutions that may be used to successfully create a policy consensus regarding this much debated topic.
authors.affiliation: Hermine Warren, DNP, APRN, CANS, CNM, is a doctor of nursing practice who has been in nursing since 1974, with an advanced practice degree since 1980. She is also a certified aesthetic nurse specialist in Southern California, an educational/clinical trainer for two top pharmaceutical companies, and has maintained a clinical practice in the nonsurgical cosmetic subspecialty field since 2004.
authors.forename: Hermine
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Warren
mesh_terms: D005380:Financing, Government; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D057905:Stem Cell Research / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States