Health, society

On 21 November 2022, the Minister for Health and Prevention referred the issue of compulsory vaccination for healthcare professionals and professionals working in the…

Opinion 142 of the CCNE presents the work carried out in response to a referral from the Prime Minister in July 2022: an in-depth reflection on the notion of consent in the context of…

The Covid-19 pandemic has confronted our society with the question of public health ethics. It forces us to question our ethics in the context of an emergency, but also…

The concept of consent has evolved in recent years as a result of new situations created by advances in medicine and technology, and by care and social workers having to deal with new forms of…

Summary of the opinion

For decades, France has been a country of immigration, whether for political, economic or cultural reasons. Today, the term "migrant" refers to a moment in the lives…

Summary of the opinion

The relationship between human health and biodiversity, the living part of nature, is both documented and complex. While biodiversity is a threat in terms of the…

Ethical issues in functional neuroimaging

Use of alcohol, drugs and addiction in the workplace. Ethical issues related to their risks and detection (2011-05-05)

Ethical issues in the removal and donation of organs for transplantation (2011-04-07)

Communication of scientific and medical information and society: ethical issues (2010-02-04)

Ethical issues raised by potential flu pandemic (2009-02-05)

The situation in France for children and adults with autism (2007-11-08)

Migration, ancestry and genetic fingerprinting. (2007-10-09)

Ethical issues raised by nanoscience, nanotechnology and health (2007-03-07)

Ethical issues raised by predictive approaches based on the detection of early behavioural disorders in children (2007-02-06)

Health and medicine in prison

Marketing of human stem cells and other cell lines (2006-06-22)

Refusal of treatment and personal autonomy (2005-04-14)

Composite Tissue Allotransplantation (CTA) of the Face (Full or Partial Face Transplant) (2004-02-06)

Performance and health (2003-11-17)

Inequality in access to care and participation in research worldwide - ethical questions (2003-09-18)

Consents in favour of a third party (2001-12-13)

Ethics and xenotransplantation (1999-06-11)

Review of Bioethics Laws (1998-06-25)

Informed Consent and Information for Persons Undergoing Medical Procedures or Research (1998-06-12)

Technical Progress, Health, and Society Model: The Ethical Dimension of Collective Choices (1998-03-20)

Opinion on the Information to be Provided to Patients Regarding the Potential Transmission of the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Agent Through Blood Components (1997-10-01)

Opinion on the Establishment of Collections of Human Embryonic Cells and Their Use for Therapeutic or Scientific Purposes. Report. (1997-03-11)

Opinion on the Establishment of Collections of Human Embryonic Tissues and Organs and Their Use for Scientific Purposes (1997-03-11)

Opinion on the Care of Autistic Individuals in France. Report. (1996-01-10)

Opinion and Recommendations on "Genetics and Medicine: From Prediction to Prevention". Report. (1995-10-30)

Opinion on the Ethical Issues Raised by the Transmission of Scientific Information Related to Biological and Medical Research. Report. (1995-05-31)

Reports of the National Consultative Ethics Committee for Life and Health Sciences on Drug Addictions. (1994-11-23)

Opinion on the prescription of antiandrogenic substances to prisoners convicted of sexual offences (1993-12-07)

Compensation for hormonal deficiencies in top-level athletes. Report. (1993-05-18)

Opinion on the use of placebo in therapeutic trials of antidepressants. Report. (1993-02-09)

Opinion on screening for infection by the AIDS virus. (1992-03-28)

Opinion on Ethics Committees (1992-01-27)

Ethical questions raised by compulsory genetic testing of female competitors at the Albertville Games (1992-01-27)

Opinion on the application of genetic tests to individual studies, family studies, and population studies. (Issues of 'DNA banks', cell 'banks', and the computerization of data). (1991-06-24)

Opinion on Nerve Cell Grafts in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease. Report. (1989-10-16)

Opinion on Drug Addiction Screening in the Workplace. Report. (1989-10-16)

Opinion on the Ethical Issues Raised by the Fight Against the Spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection. Report. (1988-12-16)

Recommendations on Local Ethics Committees. Report. (1988-11-07)

Opinion on Medical and Scientific Experimentation on Subjects in a State of Brain Death. Report.

Opinion on the Issues Raised by the Development of Methods for the Use of Human Cells and their Derivatives. Report. (1987-02-23)

Opinion on Research and Use of Human Embryos In Vitro for Medical and Scientific Purposes. Report. (1986-12-15)

Opinion on the Removal of Tissues from Dead Human Embryos and Fetuses for Therapeutic, Diagnostic, and Scientific Purposes. Report. (1984-05-22)