Society, Philosophy, Ethics, Applied, Bioethics
See Also:
- Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics at the University of Sheffield, an inter-faculty institute created to bring together the disparate and wide range of expertise in this area.
- Resources on bioethics issues, including a weekly news digest of the latest bioethics news from around the world.
- Canadian nursing ethics website. Highly informative and professional.
- The National Rural Bioethics Project aims to identify ethics-related issues that face rural healthcare providers, and to devolop and provide appropriate and relevant resources and materials that help resolve such issues.
- the latest issues and commentary (at MSNBC).
- all the opinions, recommendations and reports, in english, published by the Committee
- Review article by U Schuklenk and RE Ashcroft on ethical issues of drug pricing in developing countries and the consequences of intellectual property rights (patents) on access to essential drugs in such societies.
- Commercial organisation providing bioethics, clinical ethics, research ethics consultancy services.
- Canadian clearinghouse for resources related to hospital ethics committees.
- Mission is to improve public and professional understanding of the ethical issues involved in health sciences research, healthcare delivery, and health policy development - through teaching, conducting research and stimulating community dialogue.
- Broad overview of historical & current moral issues in the fields of medical treatment & research, from the U. of Penn. Includes news, headlines, articles, upcoming events.
- A center devoted to teaching future clinical ethicists.
- site deals with new developments in bioethics and medical ethics, offers texts and information about conferences and workshops on ethical aspects of the life sciences.
- Centre for Bio-Ethics and Health Law is an independent academic institute offering short-term advice and research; it organises courses and provides training sessions. Within the Centre veterinarians and ethicists work together in areas of applied ethics
- Information on joint degree, graduate and continuing education in Bioethics and Health Law.
- Case commentary on a controversial topic. Should newly dead bodies be used to teach medical practitioners skills that can be used to save others?
- The bioethics of clinical medical practice, medical research, health care ethics, public health, and human rights are dealt with in this course.
- A weblog maintained to examine current ethical issues in medicine and health.
- Case commentary on a common dilemma. When can and must children be treated without parental consent?
- An introduction to stem cells research from both biomedicine 's and bioethics 's points of view.
- Affymetrix believes informed public discussion will help ensure that beneficial uses of genetic information are available to society.
- Wits University Faculty of Health Sciences Bioethics Division. Resources section (links). Editorial offices of the journals BIOETHICS and DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS. Contact details.
- Compilation of links, journals and other publications that offer research about the ethical and moral aspects of applying genetic knowledge to humans.
- The UNESCO IBC is one of many international bodies dealing with the subject of bioethics. This site contains mostly minutes of this forums meetings and various more or less important resolutions.
- Newsletter of the European Network for Biomedical Ethics. Subscription information, and one online issue.
- A cancer patient discusses the issues of informed consent, patient autonomy, quality of life and human dignity.
- Clearinghouse for resources related to medical (i.e., physician) ethics.
- Commission created by Presidential Executive order #12975 (10/3/1995).
- A discussion of the ethical issues of organ transplants.
- Interdisciplinary unit of the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia, dedicated to advancing scholarly and public understanding of ethical, legal, social and public policy issues in health care.
- American Board of Industrial Hygiene Ethics Code. May 1995
- exhaustive collection of links for Bioethics.
- NAROF gives voice to parents and professionals critical of current practices in neonatology. A resource to gain insight into the human cost of raising survivors of neonatal research and practice.
- Monash University's One-Stop bioethics site. Bioethics degree programs, Bioethics Resources Centre Center, Bioethics research.
- European Bioethics Convention, Human Rights & Biomedicine human cloning, organ transplantation, biomedical research, human embryo & foetus, human genetics, xenotransplantation,
- How should clinicians approach an ethical dilemma when they have little time to ponder or to seek consultation? This proven method works.
- Reflections on Biomedical Ethics in the Cancer Ward from a Patient's Perspective
- Devoted to study of and remedies for the ethical problems of Patents on life and human body parts.
- interdisciplinary research group:ethical challenges of modern medical technology and biotechnology, prenatal screening, postnatal screening, euthanasia, medicalization, risk-perception and genetically modified food.
- "Science Friday" audio discussion with Charles Greer, Arthur Caplan, and Susanna Priest on public attitudes about biotechnology research around the world and on the identification of a human gene linked to pheromones. Features related links.
- Links to a variety of papers, events, case studies, and Internet resources.
- The main bioethics teaching site for students at Charles Sturt University. Visitors are welcome to browse the public pages.
- Excellent bioethics resources site, with dedicated link pages to Women's Health, Genetics & Ethics, and End-of-life decision making.
- Contains information about the Glasgow University Medical Ethics Debating Society. Organisational website with no informative bioethics content beyond that relating to the debating club.
- Non-profit Canadian organization dedicated to providing bioethics resources including distance education, Bioethics Week, video and book library, sample advance directives, bioethics articles database, video reviews, workshops and periodicals.
- This site covers ethical, legal, social issues of HIV/AIDS in AFRICA (focus on South Africa). Folders cover patients, health care professionals, resource allocation, research, IPR and other issues.
- These pages provide suggested readings as a starting point in learning about bioethics / health care ethics.
- Large collection of commentaries on a wide range of topics by an international, multi-faith network of progressive feminist religious scholars and leaders.
- This site provides comprehensive information about the science, policy, and ethical aspects of research and experimentation on the early stages of human life.
- Japanese bioethicist's views on life and death issues, and environmental ethics.
- At the Medical University of South Carolina: an interdisciplinary group of scholars whose mission is to bring a more philosophical approach to medicine.
- Research, education programs, newsletter, and internet links in the area of medical ethics.
- Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
- official website of this international bioethics umbrella organisation, hosted at the University of the Philippines.
- Spanish language bioethics site, documentation, news, books,
- Islamic views on many medical ethics issues including organ donation, cloning, euthanasia, abortion , fertility, sex change operations.
- Provides news, information, and other resources on bioethics. Analysis from a Christian perspective.
- Information about medical and research ethics, history, oaths and declarations.
- A specialised collection of books, journals, newspaper articles, legal materials, regulations, codes, government publications, and other relevant documents concerned with issues in biomedical and professional ethics. The world's largest collection related
- Ethics Center at Santa Clara University, offers articles, cases, and dialogue in all fields of applied ethics. Focus on: Biotechnology and Health Care Ethics, Character Education, Business Ethics, Government Ethics, Global Ethical Leadership, and Technolo
- Whether human-made elements of primary life structures that define the essence of this Court's vaguely defined non-viable (fetus) patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C.
- Professional society of individuals, organizations, and institutions interested in bioethics and humanities.
- Extensive site on bioethics, particularly as pertaining to the rights of disabled people.
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