The Bioethics Research Library

Acadia Institute Project Interviews obtained for the book Observing Bioethics

Fox, Renée C.; Swazey, Judith P. Observing Bioethics. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 388 p.

Renée C. Fox, a sociologist, and Judith P. Swazey, a historian, became a "team of two" in this ethnological study of the new field of bioethics, that began with the foundation of the Hastings Center in 1969, and two years later, the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.

The book was based on a series of interviews Fox and Swazey did with a number of well-known bioethicists.

By arrangement with LeRoy Walters, then Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, transcripts of the interviews were archived at the Bioethics Research Library. We are grateful to the participants, who authorized the BRL to make the interviews accessible to those interested in the history of bioethics. We also appreciate the contribution of Raymond De Vries, as he provided staff support for the scanning of many of these documents.

Transcripts now available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format: