1. The 250 figure includes all the reports of the Academy System, including the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, and National Academy of Engineering. Some of these reports are in letter form. If one counts only those reports of the National Academy of Sciences that are published by the Academy Press, the number would be about 55.
2. Report (1982) Frank Press takes exception to NAS panel recommendations on marijuana, Science, 217, 228–229.
3. See Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1976) Charter: Ethical Advisory Board, approved by David Matthews, Secretary, (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare).
4. Hastings Center (1979) in brief, Hastings Center Report (New York, USA: Hastings Center Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences) October pp 2–3; ibid (1980) February, pp 2–3; ibid (1981) February p 2.
5. Hastings Center (1981) The Washington scene: President's Commission one year later, Hastings Center Report (New York, USA: Hastings Center Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences) February, p 2.